La Luz Mine

The La Luz Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Bernalillo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 10,049 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: La Luz Mine
Secondary: Ruppe Mine: La Luz Group Patented In 1926
Secondary: La Luz
Secondary: La Esperanza
Secondary: Clara

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Bernalillo
District: Placitas District: Sandia Crest Area

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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Mrs. B.H. Rupp, Los Angeles, Ca. ; Maxie Anderson, Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1966 -

Owner Name: La Luz Mining, Smelting, And Development Corp.
Years: 1911 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1887
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: Numerous Northeast To Northwest-Striking Faults Are Present Near The Mine.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: A CHIP SAMPLE FROM NEAR THE PORTAL OF THE ADIT CONTAINED 35.4% CAF2 AND 42.0 % SIO2.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D009817 OF RONALD G. WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): A NEARLY VERTICAL FRACTURE STRIKES N15W AND CUTS THROUGH GRANITE, SLATE, QUARTZITE, AND LIMESTONE. THE FRACTURE IS ABOUT 4 FT WIDE IN THE GRANITE, BUT NARROW AND UNMINERALIZED IN THE OVERLYING SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN THE FRACTURE AS FISSURE FILLING ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ, CALCITE, AND A MINOR AMOUNT OF GALENA. THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1920 COVERING 30.993 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1975 TO CONSIST OF A 100 FT ADIT, A 25 FT LONG OPEN CUT, A SHALLOW WINZE, AND A RAISE.

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM WILLIAMS, 1966, P. 10.

Comment (Location): THE DEPOSIT IS ON THE NEARLY VERTICAL WEST ESCARPMENT OF THE SANDIA MOUNTAINS. ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE ADIT OF THE LA LUZ MINE AS SHOWN ON THE SANDIA CREST TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

References

Reference (Deposit): ELLIS, R.W., 1922 UNM BULL 108, GEOLOGICAL SERIES 3, NO 4, P. 40-41

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 9-10

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967 NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 29

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., AND NORTHROP, S.A., 1975 NMBMMR MEM 29, P. 101-102, MAP 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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