Lucky Strike Mine

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

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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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