| Deposit ID | 10009806 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003028 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Luna Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | The Luna Group of Claims Includes Some of the Ground Originally, Called the American Group Or Killion Mine. |
| Related records | 10295885 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.59976, 32.21624 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1387 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 10.5 MILES S 65 E OF DEMING. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Luna(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Florida Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Deming(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mimbres(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Luna |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 024S | 007W | 18 | CENTER OF S2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| (1) | -107.59976, 32.21624 |
|---|
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | LUNA VEIN N 15 W |
| Dip | 60 TO 70 NE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1922 |
| Discoverer | Louis Finch And John Summerville |
| Year of first production | 1928 |
| Year of last production | 1955 |
| District name | Little Florida Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Yucca Mining Corp. |
| First year | 1956 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Yacoma, Inc. |
| Home office | Lordsburg, N.M. |
| First year | 1961 |
| Year | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1928-1955 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Overall depth | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003028 |
LASKY, S.G., 1940 USGS BULL 922-C, P. 71-73, PLATES 9 AND 11
GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 129-131
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 55-56
CLEMONS , R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-52
FARNHAM, 1961, P.55.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1961. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1920'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-78 | Hasler, J. William | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-APR-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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