Mine detail: Lucky Ridge Prospect

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Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.9337, -107.07615
dep_id: 10012392
mrds_id: D007999
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrolusite, Wad
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Mineralization Occurs Along 3 Parallel Fracture Zones Striking N 20 To 30 W.
Year first produced: 1958
References:
  • Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 157
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: PETTY, D.M., 1979 NMBMMR OFR-106, 174 PAGES, 2 PLATES
  • Production:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, P. 157
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