The Lucas Mine is a gold mine located in Santa Fe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.30361, -106.18611
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Lucas Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucas Mine
Secondary: Mine: Lukas
Secondary: San Lucas
Secondary: Claims: Black Prince
Secondary: Ohio
Secondary: Illinois
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
District: Old Placers 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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1885
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: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FOR THE NORTH END OF LUKAS CANYON. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS, 2 TO 4 OLD SHAFTS, AND 6 EXPLORATION SHAFTS 60 FEET DEEP. THE SHAFT ON THE BLACK PRINCE IS SAID TO BE 75 FEET DEEP.
Comment (Production): THERE ARE NO PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR THE LUCAS MINE.
Comment (Development): THE OWNERSHIP OF THIS MINE IS PRESENTLY UNKNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE IS LOCATED IN A SERIES OF GENTLY EASTWARD-DIPPING SHALES INTERBEDDED WITH GARNETIZED TACTITE. THE GARNET CONTAINS SCATTERED GRAINS OF CHALCOPYRITE, WHICH APPEARS TO CONTAIN GOLD; WHEN OXIDIZED THIS GOLD WAS SAVED BY THE FREE MILLING PROCESS AT ONE PLACE VERTICAL SEAMS OF OXIDIZED STRIKE NORTH AND SOUTH ACROSS THE GARNET BED AND THE VALUES WERE REPORTED TO BE EXTREMELY HIGH.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 47
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 169-170.
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