The Lucky Don & Little Davie Mines is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico.
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Lucky Don & Little Davie Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Don & Little Davie Mines
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Year Last Production: 1963
Discovery Year: 1955
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Northeast Trending Fault Forms Contact Between San Andres Limestone To The East And Yeso Fm. To The West.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM AND GEODETIC LOCATION ARE FOR THE LUCKY DON MINE. THE LITTLE DAVIE IS LOCATED ABOUT 1000 FT. SOUTH AND SLIGHTLY EAST OF THE LUCKY DON.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1950'S
Comment (Deposit): THE LUCKY DON DEPOSIT OCCURS ALONG A NORTHEAST-STRIKING FAULT ZONE AS INTERGRANULAR FILLINGS AND DISSEMINATIONS ALONG FRACTURES AND BEDDING SURFACES. THE DEPOSIT IS ABOUT 50 FT. WIDE, 35 FT. THICK AND RANGES FROM 300 FT. TO 400 FT. LONG. THE LITTLE DAVIE DEPOSIT IS REPORTED TO BE SMALLER AND IN A SIMILAR GEOLOGIC SETTING.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF SHORT ADITS AND OPENCUTS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.ENV: PLATFORM COVER ROCKS INCL COAST PLNS
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR, 1965 BULL 87, P. 223
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 55, P. 105-106
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