The Lugo Mine is a limestone, general mine located in Imperial county, California at an elevation of 860 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: 860 Feet (262 Meters)
Commodity: Limestone, General
Lat, Long: 33.3489, -114.82830
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Lugo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lugo Mine
Secondary: Jack Ass Mine
Secondary: Mcintyre-Lugo
Secondary: Mcintyre Manganese Deposit
Secondary: Lost Donkey Mine
Secondary: Palo Verde Mine
Secondary: American No. 3
Commodity
Primary: Limestone, General
Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
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
Type: Federal Lease
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Scott, W. D., Cornwall, J., Williams, B.
Home Office: Blythe, CA
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Federal Government-Bureau Of Land Management
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Pyrolusite
Unknown: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Geology): 1-19-76-SECONDARY MINERALIZATION INCLUDES CALCITE, BARITE, &
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFL. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 152, 1950, P. 76-77.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5579, 1960, P. 33.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTUY REPORT 7, 1977, P. 75.
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