Lucky Don & Little Davie Mines

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105425
MRDS ID US35031
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Don & Little Davie Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.69891, 34.09842 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 11 MILES N 73 E OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bustos Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 002S 002E 35 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • UTM AND GEODETIC LOCATION ARE FOR THE LUCKY DON MINE. THE LITTLE DAVIE IS LOCATED ABOUT 1000 FT. SOUTH AND SLIGHTLY EAST OF THE LUCKY DON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name San Andres Limestone;Yeso
    Rock description San Andres Limestone;Yeso
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.69891, 34.09842

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast Trending Fault Forms Contact Between San Andres Limestone To The East And Yeso Fm. To The West.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.ENV: PLATFORM COVER ROCKS INCL COAST PLNS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1963

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF SHORT ADITS AND OPENCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR, 1965 BULL 87, P. 223

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 55, P. 105-106

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LUCKY DON DEPOSIT OCCURS ALONG A NORTHEAST-STRIKING FAULT ZONE AS INTERGRANULAR FILLINGS AND DISSEMINATIONS ALONG FRACTURES AND BEDDING SURFACES. THE DEPOSIT IS ABOUT 50 FT. WIDE, 35 FT. THICK AND RANGES FROM 300 FT. TO 400 FT. LONG. THE LITTLE DAVIE DEPOSIT IS REPORTED TO BE SMALLER AND IN A SIMILAR GEOLOGIC SETTING.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 Unknown New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-MAR-93 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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