| Deposit ID | 10013943 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010515 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lucky John Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mahoney Mines |
| Related records | 10295812 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.61281, 32.0757 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1966 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 16 MILES S 33 E OF DEMING. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Luna(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gym 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Luna |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 026N | 008W | 01 | W2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Fusselman Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Fusselman Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -107.61281, 32.0757 |
|---|
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | EAST |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| Year of last production | 1927 |
| District name | Florida Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. A. Mahoney |
| Home office | Deming, N.M. |
| First year | 1927 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010515 |
GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P.123, FIG. 14
DARTON, N.H., 1916 USGS BULL 618
DARTON, N.H., 1917 USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS, DEMING FOLIO, NO. 207
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
CLEMONS, R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-58
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FIVE EAST-TRENDING VERTICAL VEINS RANGING FROM 0.5 TO 4 FT. THICK . |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1983 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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