Mine detail: Lucky Strike Mine

Previously called 'Big Canyon 1 & 2'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.75997, -110.94824

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite, Uraninite, Zippeite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR - BLANKET
Discovery year:	1949

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member;Chinle Formation-Monitor Butte Member
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone
Structure:	San Rafael Swell, Faulting
Tectonic:	Stable Platform

References

MRDS	W015526
DEP	10071854
Reference	{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C.C. AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH,: USGS BULL. 123}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C.C., BULLETIN 123}{Reserve-Resource:: MC CARTHY, 1977}
Reporter	Mc Carthy, Blair M.