Love Bug Group

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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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

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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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