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La Luz Mine

Occurrence in Bernalillo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Gold, Barium-Barite
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087753
MRDS ID D009066
Record type Site
Current site name La Luz Mine
Alternate or previous names Ruppe Mine: La Luz Group Patented In 1926, La Luz, La Esperanza, Clara
Related records 10174221

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.44975, 35.20728 (WGS84)
Elevation 3063
Relative position ABOUT 14 MILES N 52 E OF ALBUQUERQUE.

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 011N 005E 06 CENTER New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS ON THE NEARLY VERTICAL WEST ESCARPMENT OF THE SANDIA MOUNTAINS. ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE ADIT OF THE LA LUZ MINE AS SHOWN ON THE SANDIA CREST TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM WILLIAMS, 1966, P. 10.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown

Analytical data

Result A CHIP SAMPLE FROM NEAR THE PORTAL OF THE ADIT CONTAINED 35.4% CAF2 AND 42.0 % SIO2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sandia Granite
    Rock description Sandia Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.44975, 35.20728
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Northeast To Northwest-Striking Faults Are Present Near The Mine.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 23 W
    Dip 75 TO 80 SE
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Discoverer Juan Nieto

Mining district

District name Placitas District: Sandia Crest Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner La Luz Mining, Smelting, And Development Corp.
    First year 1911
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. B.H. Rupp, Los Angeles, Ca. ; Maxie Anderson, Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1966

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 83.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1975 TO CONSIST OF A 100 FT ADIT, A 25 FT LONG OPEN CUT, A SHALLOW WINZE, AND A RAISE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELLIS, R.W., 1922 UNM BULL 108, GEOLOGICAL SERIES 3, NO 4, P. 40-41

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 9-10

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1967 NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 29

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., AND NORTHROP, S.A., 1975 NMBMMR MEM 29, P. 101-102, MAP 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D009817 OF RONALD G. WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit A NEARLY VERTICAL FRACTURE STRIKES N15W AND CUTS THROUGH GRANITE, SLATE, QUARTZITE, AND LIMESTONE. THE FRACTURE IS ABOUT 4 FT WIDE IN THE GRANITE, BUT NARROW AND UNMINERALIZED IN THE OVERLYING SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN THE FRACTURE AS FISSURE FILLING ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ, CALCITE, AND A MINOR AMOUNT OF GALENA. THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1920 COVERING 30.993 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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