The Love Bug Group is a lead mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 34.13667, -107.24500
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Love Bug Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Love Bug Group
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Love Bug Nos. 1 To 8
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena Mountains Area: North Magdalena 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: Lee E. Logan
Home Office: Magdalena, N.M.
Years: 1940 -
Owner Name: Emmitt Nutter
Home Office: Magdalena, N.M.
Years: 1947 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1947
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 160 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1940'S CONSISTED OF 2 INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS, SEVERAL PITS AND SHALLOW TRENCHES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE CLAIM GROUP.
References
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 35-37
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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