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Lucky Strike Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011913
MRDS ID D007105
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Mine
Related records 10126232

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.3192, 33.21928 (WGS84)
Elevation 1420
Relative position ABOUT 7 MILES N 34 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cuchillo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 012S 005W 35 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST FLANK OF MUD SPRINGS MOUNTAINS ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF CUCHILLO NEGRO CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.3192, 33.21928
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip SE A FEW DEGREES
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 10.67M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Replaced Host Rock Beneath Minor Folds And Arches.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1953
Year of last production 1953

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner I. P. Kirk
    First year 1953
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Stella Lockney
    Home office Pinos Altos, N.M.
    First year 1961

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL KNOW PRODUCTION WAS SHIPPED IN 1953 AND AMOUNTED TO 32.2 LONG TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE AVERAGING 41 % MN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 2 OPEN CUTS ABOUT 20 FT. LONG WHICH MERGE UNDERGROUND INTO AN IRREGULAR STOPE ABOUT 35 FT. LONG BY 20 FT. WIDE AND FROM 4 FT. TO 6 FT. HIGH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 114

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 114

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURS AS SEAMS, STRINGERS AND SMALL MASSES IN AN IRREGULAR LENTICULAR BODY WITH A STRIKE LENGTH OF ABOUT 35 FT., A WIDTH OF 20 FT. DOWN DIP AND RANGING FROM 0.5 FT. TO 2 FT. THICK. 1 CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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