Luck Manganese Mine

Producer in Grant 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10199010
MAS/MILS ID 0350170102
Record type Site
Current site name Luck Manganese Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -108.28282, 32.76951 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018 S 014 W 03 C SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -108.28282, 32.76951

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Luck Mining Co
    ID 2900762
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM PROD TABS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Wingfield U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/26/2012
MSHA mine ID2900762
Mine name (MSHA)SX-EW
Current operatorFreeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company
Current controller (parent)Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references