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Lucky Strike Area

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014961
MRDS ID DAV0056
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Area
Related records 10174793

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.65555, 33.85593 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Oaks North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arroyo Del Macho(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5S 12E 23 SW4 OF SE4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAABOUT 1.1 MI E OF BLACK GOLD MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization Of Monzonite Porphyry. Garnetized Limestone And Magnetite Float Are Seen Nearby.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name San Andres
    Rock description San Andres

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.65555, 33.85593
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lincoln County Porphyry Belt

Ore body information

  • General form LODE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • COPPER STAINING AND LIMONITE OCCURRED IN SLIGHTLY BRECCIATED MONZONITE PORPHYRY NEAR THE PORTAL. MINERALIZATION WAS TERMINATED BY A FAULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1933
Year of last production 1933

Mining district

District name Jicarilla

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • GRISWOLD (1959) CONTAINS A PLAN OF AN ADIT ABOUT 180 FT LONG WHICH ENDED IN UNMINERALIZED FINE BRECCIA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P. KELLEY, V.C., 1949, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, NO. 2, 246 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION: 82.62 OZ AU IN 1933.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

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