New Mexico · Luna County
Past Producer

Lucky Mine

Luna County, New Mexico, United States
Fluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlBrecciated Faults In Volcanic Agglomerate
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated rockMonzonite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
StructureThree Faults Forming An Elongate Triangle Trending N 10 E, N-S, And N 35 E, Respectively.
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1943
Last production1953
Identification
Deposit ID10013660
MRDS IDD010074
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.3993, -107.70921
References
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 88.ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 137-138.JOHNSTON, WD, 1928, NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 97.WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 88.