Mine detail: Lucifer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

27.3597, -112.38736

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Coronadite, Hollandite, Pyrolusite
Gangue:	Hematite, Jasper, Limonite
Orebody form:	MANTO

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1942

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated rock:	Boleo Formation
Associated type:	Tuff
Structure:	Miocene Volcanics Have Been Tilted 20-45 Degrees E And Offset 50-100 M By A Series Of Normal Faults Trending Nw With 40-50 Sw Dips. Pliocene Sediments Took On Initial Dips Due To Irregular Miocene Surface, And Were Further Tilted By Lplio-Pleis Deformation. Average Dip Of Pliocene Sediments Is 5-10 Degrees E., Ore Body Offset By Several Small Faults, 8 M Max. Displacement. Subhorizontal Fault Plane Limits Top Of Ore Body Locally.

References

MRDS	MX00133
DEP	10048947
Reference	{Deposit:: GUILD, PHILIP W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-B, 72 P..}{Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 187.}{Deposit:: WILSON, I.F., 1956, THE LUCIFER MANGANESE DEPOSITS, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO IN GONZALEZ R., J., (ED.), 1956, SYMPOSIUM SOBRE YACIMIENTOS DE MANGANESO, TOMO III: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, MEXICO, 1956, P. 97-108.}{Deposit:: FREIBERG, D.A., 1982, A STUDY OF MANGANESE ORE COMPOSITION, LUCIFER MINE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO (ABS.): GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 14, NO. 4, P. 163.}{Deposit:: TRASK, P.D. AND RODRIGUEZ C., J. JR., 1948, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF MEXICO: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 954-F, P. 228-238, 293-295, TABLE 17.}{Deposit:: COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.}{Production:: WILSON, 1956.}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R., Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.)