Luna Mine

The Luna Mine is a manganese mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,551 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Luna Mine
Secondary: The Luna Group of Claims Includes Some of the Ground Originally
Secondary: Called the American Group Or Killion Mine.

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Little Florida Mountains 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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Yacoma, Inc.
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1961 -

Owner Name: Yucca Mining Corp.
Years: 1956 -

Production

Year: 1955
Time Period: 1928-1955

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1928
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1922
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: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1961.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED SHAFT AND A VERTICAL SHAFT WITH A TOTAL OF ABOUT 2000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS ALONG FIVE WORKING LEVELS.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1920'S

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE LUNA MINE WHICH IS SHOWN AS THE WEST MINE ON THE FLORIDA GAP TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): TOTAL ORE PRODUCED WAS MOSTLY CRUDE ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 19% MN WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OF HAND-SORTED ORE AND CONCENTRATES AVERAGING MORE THAN 40% MN. PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1928,1929, 1930, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, AND 1955.

References

Reference (Deposit): CLEMONS , R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-52

Reference (Production): FARNHAM, 1961, P.55.

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1940 USGS BULL 922-C, P. 71-73, PLATES 9 AND 11

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 129-131

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 55-56

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