La Luz Mine

Past Producer in Bernalillo county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174221
MRDS ID D009066
MAS/MILS ID 0350010137
Record type Site
Current site name La Luz Mine
Alternate or previous names Ruppe Mine
Related records 10087753

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.44918, 35.20756 (WGS84)
Elevation 3244
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bernalillo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sandia Crest(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(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

Cibola 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 Bernalillo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 011 N 005 E 06 SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.44918, 35.20756

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Maxie Anderson
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATENTED CLAIM,NOVEMBER 1924

  • Deposit

    PART OF LA LUZ GROUP OF CLAIMS,SURVEY #1920

  • Deposit

    GROUP INCLUDES LA LUZ,LA ESPERANZA,AND CLARA CLAIMS

  • Deposit

    NMBM MEMOIR 29,1975,P.101-102

  • Deposit

    USBM I.C.8307,P9

  • Deposit

    NMBM MEMOIR 34 P16

  • Deposit

    USGS SANDIA CREST TOPO MAP,1961

  • Deposit

    ELLIS ROBT W UNM BULL GEOL SER -3 NO 4 1922 P40,41

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references