Mine detail: Lucky Mine

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Location: Luna County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.3993, -107.70921
dep_id: 10013660
mrds_id: D010074
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Brecciated Faults In Volcanic Agglomerate
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_type: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
arock_type: Monzonite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure: Three Faults Forming An Elongate Triangle Trending N 10 E, N-S, And N 35 E, Respectively.
tectonic: Basin And Range
Year first produced: 1943
yr_lst_prd: 1953
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 88.
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 137-138.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSTON, WD, 1928, NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 97.
  • Production:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 88.
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