Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryManganese, Tungsten, Barium-Barite
TertiaryBeryllium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlFissure Vein Systems At Or Near Contact Between Andesite Porphyry And Rhyolite Dike (Luckie No. 1); Se-Tranding Fissure Vein System In Fresh Andesite Porphyry (Luckie No. 2)
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Bertrandite, Fluorite, Psilomelane
GangueLimonite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Andesite
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite · Teritiary Volcanic Flows
StructureFluorspar Deposits Are Associated With Intrusive Rhyolite In Andesite Porphyry; Productive Fluorspar Occurs As Erratically Disposed Lenses Rarely Exceeding 100 Ft In Length And 5 Ft In Width, Medium And Coarse Fluorite Occurs In Brecciated Veins Or As Series Of Closely Spaced Veinlets Interspersed Through Brecciated Andesite Porphyry And Gouge
Tectonic settingMule Creek Mountain Foothills
AlterationSilicification Of Andesite And Rhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10048299
MRDS IDM800431
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.84789, -109.05453
References
USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INVESTIGATION PRELIMINARY REPORT 3-207.ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 1976, MINERAL AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, LUCKIE NO. 1 MINE AND LUCKIE NO. 2 MINE.ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PAGES 23-24.USBM FILES; LUCKIE NO. 1 MINE, LUCKIE NO. 2 MINE.ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 180, P. 349-352.AR1Z BUR MINES BULL 114, P. 6.LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP MR-25.HEWITT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE OXIDES: ECON. GEOL., V. 55, P. 1-55.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.CIMRITRACE, R.D. 1947