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Lugo Mine

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Aluminum, Barium-Barite, Iron, Manganese, Limestone, General
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10235981
MAS/MILS ID 0060250015
Record type Site
Current site name Lugo Mine
Alternate or previous names Jack Ass Mine, Mcintyre-Lugo, Mcintyre Manganese Deposit, Lost Donkey Mine, Palo Verde Mine, American No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.8291, 33.34896 (WGS84)
Elevation 262
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palo Verde Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 009 S 020 E 36 C W2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.8291, 33.34896
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 65S
    Thickness 2M
    Length 150M
    Width 10M
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N50E:65S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 3HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • 1-19-76-SECONDARY MINERALIZATION INCLUDES CALCITE, BARITE, &

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Year of first production 1918

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Federal Government-Bureau Of Land Management
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Scott, W. D., Cornwall, J., Williams, B.
    Home office Blythe, CA
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFL. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 152, 1950, P. 76-77.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5579, 1960, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTUY REPORT 7, 1977, P. 75.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-OCT-1995 Niemi U.S. Bureau of Mines

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