The Good Luck Claim is a manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.72417, -107.56333
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Good Luck Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Good Luck Claim
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Lake Valley District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Central Mining Co.
Home Office: Santa Fe, N.M.
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First 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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ABOUT 0.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF LAKE VALLEY, N.M.
Comment (Production): IN 1953 ABOUT 316 LONG TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 24.7% MN WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 2 VERTICAL SHAFTS ABOUT 60 FT. DEEP AND A FEW SHALLOW OPENCUTS
References
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 91
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 91
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