Lucky Ridge Prospect

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012392
MRDS ID D007999
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Ridge Prospect
Related records 10272793

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.07615, 33.9337 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 14 MILES S 51 W OF SOCORRO., Within A Radius Of 2000 Feet., Within A Radius Of 2000 Feet., Within A Radius Of 2000 Feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Molino Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Mateo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(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 004S 002W 29 W2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.07615, 33.9337

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs Along 3 Parallel Fracture Zones Striking N 20 To 30 W.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1958

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. A. Karr
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner M. D. Costilla And H. A. Karr
    Home office Socorro, N.M.
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1958 AMOUNTED TO ONE CARLOAD, ABOUT 50 TONS, OF CONCENTRATES CONTAINING 43% MN.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 INCLUDED THREE OPENCUTS, TWO SHORT DRIFTS, AND A SHALLOW SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 157

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    PETTY, D.M., 1979 NMBMMR OFR-106, 174 PAGES, 2 PLATES

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 157

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Menzie, David 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