| Deposit ID | 10110456 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016593 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lyda K Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Lyda K Group 1920's: Lyda K Nos. 1 To 47, Happy Days |
| Related records | 10199261 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.26059, 32.88068 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1387 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 20 MILES DUE SOUTH OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sierra(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Caballo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Sierra |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 016S | 004W | 29 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Result | U.S.G.S. SAMPLES TAKEN FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE MINE ASSAYED 46.2 % TO 82.7 % CAF2 |
|---|---|
| Result | 15.0 % TO 37.2 % SIO2 |
| Result | 0.3 % TO 2.1 % CACO3. VEIN MATERIAL WAS REPORTED TO CONTAIN UP TO 5 % PB AND IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT 20 % OF THE RESERVES ALONG THE LYDA K FAULT AVERAGE 1.0 % PB. |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -107.26059, 32.88068 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Lyka K Fault Strikes Ne, Dips Nw And Downthrown On Nw Side Is One Of Numerous Nw To Ne Trending Normal Faults In This Area Associated With Basin And Range Deformation. |
| Strike | N 48 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 70 TO 85 NW |
| Thickness | 30.48M |
| Length | 701.04M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1926 |
| Year of first production | 1928 |
| Year of last production | 1943 |
| District name | Sierra Caballos District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. I. Dupont De Nemours |
| First year | 1943 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Allied Chemical Corp. |
| First year | 1978 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 79.25M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016593 |
MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEMOIR 34, P43
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC8307, P109
ROC ROCK AND OTHERS, 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P163
JOHNSTON, W.D. JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P44
MCANULTY, W.N., 1978
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE OCCURS IN JASPERIZED FISSURE VEIN ALONG THE LYDA K FAULT ZONE. THE VEIN RANGES FROM 6 FT TO 100 FT WIDE AT THE SURFACE AND IS 15 FT WIDE AT THE 220 FT LEVEL OF SHAFT NO 2. 5 PATENTED CLAIMS AND 42 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 920 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-76 | Weeks, Robert | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-81 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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