Mine detail: La Luz Mine

Previously called 'Ruppe Mine: La Luz Group Patented In 1926La EsperanzaClara'

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Location: Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.20728, -106.44975
dep_id: 10087753
mrds_id: D009066
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Gold, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Gold
gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
other_matl: Barite, Fluorite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.), Menzie, David
hrock_type: Slate,Quartzite,Limestone,Granite
arock_unit: Sandia Granite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Numerous Northeast To Northwest-Striking Faults Are Present Near The Mine.
tectonic: Basin And Range
disc_yr: 1887
discr: Juan Nieto
References:
  • Deposit:: ELLIS, R.W., 1922 UNM BULL 108, GEOLOGICAL SERIES 3, NO 4, P. 40-41
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 9-10
  • Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1967 NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 29
  • Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., AND NORTHROP, S.A., 1975 NMBMMR MEM 29, P. 101-102, MAP 1
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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