Lucky Mine

The Lucky Mine is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Otero county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,649 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lucky Mine
Secondary: Lucky Group: Claims
Secondary: Lucky
Secondary: Lucky No. 2
Secondary: Nettie
Secondary: Lincoln

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Otero
District: Orogrande 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: Homan Arnold
Home Office: El Paso, Tx.
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: Lucky Mining Co.
Home Office: Orogrande, N.M.
Years: 1929 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1897
Year Last Production: 1929
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE OROG RANDE NORTH TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE BUT IS INCORRECTLY CALLED THE GARNE T MINE.

Comment (Production): LINDGREN, ET AL, 1910, P. 185, REPORTED THE COMBINED PRODUCTION OF THE LUCKY MINE AND THE NANNIE BAIRD MINE UP TO 1905 WAS VALUED AT 66, 000 DOLLARS. PRODUCTION SINCE 1905 IS REPORTED WITH THE NANNIE BAIRD M INE.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS SHOOTS AND POCKETS OF ORE ALONG NORTHEAST STRIK ING FRACTURES AND AT THE LIMESTONE-PORPHYRY CONTACT. FOUR CLAIMS COVER ING 82.383 ACRES. MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 984.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE EARLY 1960'S CONSISTED OF TWO 220 FT. IN CLINED SHAFTS, A LARGE PIT, AND NUMEROUS, SMALL, SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS .

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 1 84-186

Reference (Deposit): SCHMIDT, P.G., AND CRADDOCK, C., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 82, P. 43-45, PLA TE 1

Reference (Deposit): BEANE, R.E., JARAMILLO, L.E., AND BLOOM, M.S., 1975 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 26TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 151-156

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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