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Lucky Mine

Past Producer in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013660
MRDS ID D010074
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Mine
Related records 10150103

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.70921, 32.3993 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Relative position 10 MI N 07 E OF DEMING, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Massacre Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022S 008W 18 NE OF NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • 0.25 MI NNW OF THE GREENLEAF MINE SHAFT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • 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)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.70921, 32.3993
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Three Faults Forming An Elongate Triangle Trending N 10 E, N-S, And N 35 E, Respectively.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike MAIN FAULT ZONE, N 10 E; MINOR FAULT, N-S; CONNECTING CROSS-FAULT, N 35 E
    Dip MAIN FAULT ZONE, 60 TO 80 E; MINOR FAULT, 60 E; CONNECTING CROSS-FAULT, VERTICAL
    Depth to top 0M
  • General form TABULAR
    Strike MAIN FAULT ZONE, N 10 E; MINOR FAULT, N-S; CONNECTING CROSS-FAULT, N 35 E
    Dip MAIN FAULT ZONE, 60 TO 80 E; MINOR FAULT, 60 E; CONNECTING CROSS-FAULT, VERTICAL
  • General form TABULAR
    Strike MAIN FAULT ZONE, N 10 E; MINOR FAULT, N-S; CONNECTING CROSS-FAULT, N 35 E
    Dip MAIN FAULT ZONE, 60 TO 80 E; MINOR FAULT, 60 E; CONNECTING CROSS-FAULT, VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Faults In Volcanic Agglomerate

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1943
Year of last production 1953

Mining district

District name Fluorite Ridge Area (Southeast Group)

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sierra Mining Co.
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1953
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. D. Howard
    First year 1966

Comments on the production information

  • 1943 PRODUCTION BY WESTERN MINING CO., AND 1951-53 PRODUCTION BY SIERRA MINING CO.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 400 FT SHAFT; THE UPPER 310 FT SUNK ON THE VEIN AT AN ANGLE OF 57 DEGREES SOUTH, AND THE LOWER 90 FT AT AN ANGLE OF 80 DEGREES SOUTH. WORKING DRIFTS EXTEND 30 FT NORTH ON THE 175 FT LEVEL, 80 FT NORTH AND 35 FT SOUTH ON THE 200 FT LEVEL, 150 FT NORTH AND 35 FT SOUTH ON THE 300 FT LEVEL, AND AN UNKNOWN DISTANCE NORTHWARD AT THE 350 FT LEVEL. SEVERAL SMALL ORE SHOOTS WERE STOPED OUT ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 88.

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 137-138.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, WD, 1928, NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 97.

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 88.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN SEVERAL NARROW FISSURES IN A FAULT ZONE STRIKING N 10 E AND DIPPING 60 TO 80 E. HOST ROCK IS VOLCANIC AGGLOMERATE. FLUORSPAR IS COARSE-GRAINED, WHITE OR LIGHT GREEN, AND SEMI-TRANSPARENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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