The Lucky Strike Mine is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,659 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,659 Feet (1,420 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 33.21917, -107.31861
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Lucky Strike Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Strike Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: I. P. Kirk
Years: 1953 -
Owner Name: Mrs. Stella Lockney
Home Office: Pinos Altos, N.M.
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Year Last Production: 1953
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL KNOW PRODUCTION WAS SHIPPED IN 1953 AND AMOUNTED TO 32.2 LONG TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE AVERAGING 41 % MN.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST FLANK OF MUD SPRINGS MOUNTAINS ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF CUCHILLO NEGRO CREEK.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.
Comment (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.
Comment (Workings): 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 114
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 114
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