USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Santa Cruz County
Lucky Ledge Mine
Source Corroborated Copper Underground 5 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Santa Cruz
- Mining district
- Old Baldy
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
‡Ref.: Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USGS Bull. 582: 168, 175-176. USGS Mt Wrightson Quadrangle topo map. U.S. Bureau of Mines field notes, CU57. U.S. Bureau of Mines ca…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 5 adit symbols
- Adit : Mount Wrightson , 1958
- Adit : Mt. Wrightson , 1981
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Madera Copper Co; Scott, W P · Historical operator · 1915
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Baryte
- Chalcopyrite
- Epidote
- Garnet Group
- Limonite
- Malachite
- Pyrite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (5)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 58592
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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