Mine detail: Lucky Boy Prospect

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Location: Davis County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.99716, -111.83413
dep_id: 10088717
mrds_id: M058266
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver, Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Scheelite
gangue: Chlorite, Epidote, Limonite, Quartz, Tremolite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Farmington Canyon Complex
hrock_type: Schist,Gneiss,Pegmatite
Structure: Wasatch Fault To West
tectonic: Northern Utah Highland
References:
  • Deposit:: BURANEK, A.M., 1942, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE LUCKY BOY AND UTAH PIOCHE MINES, FARMINGTON MINING DISTRICT, DAVIS CO., UTAH: UGMS CIRCULAR 18,8 P.
  • Deposit:: HIGGINS, W.C. (ED.), 1901, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 30, 1901, VOL. 3, P. 22.
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