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| Title | Mineral deposits of Luna County, New Mexico |
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| Report | Bulletin |
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| Authors | Griswold, George B. | Author |
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| Year | 1961 |
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| Issue | < 72 > |
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| Publisher | New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources | Place | Socorro, NM |
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| Download URL | https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/monographs/bulletins/downloads/72/B72.pdf |
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| DOI | doi:10.58799/b-72Search in ResearchGate |
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| Classification | Not set | LoC | Not set |
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| Mindat Ref. ID | 17308775 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:17308775:8 |
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| GUID | 8a21bc18-9d5d-424b-a055-7fa096087e60 |
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| Full Reference | Griswold, George B. (1961) Mineral deposits of Luna County, New Mexico. Bulletin 72. New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources doi:10.58799/b-72 |
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| Plain Text | Griswold, George B. (1961) Mineral deposits of Luna County, New Mexico. Bulletin 72. New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources doi:10.58799/b-72 |
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| In | Mineral Resources Survey of New Mexico - Bulletin |
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| Abstract/Notes | Luna County mines have produced $8.64 million in minerals since the first recorded mining operations in 1876. The bulk of this production has been from lead-zinc-silver ores, but appreciable amounts of manganese, fluorspar, copper, and gold also have been mined. The principal producing districts of the past were the Cooks Peak, Victorio, Tres Hermanas, Little Florida, and Fluorite Ridge. Lesser districts include the Fremont, Florida, and Cedar-Carrizalillo.Mining is now at a standstill in Luna County because of the lack of known deposits that can be operated profitably under present market conditions. The full mineral potential of Luna County cannot be appraised accurately, but many factors point to at least the possibility of moderate-sized metalliferous ore finds in the Victorio, Tres Hermanas, and Cooks Peak districts. The fluorspar and manganese deposits offer promise only on radical improvement in the respective market prices involved. |
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| Locality | Mineral(s) |
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| Burdick Claim, Carrizalillo Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Limonite, โ Pyrite |
| Klondike Hills Prospect, Carrizalillo Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Malachite |
| Prospect near Johnson Ranchhouse, Carrizalillo Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Limonite |
| Cookes Peak Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Ankerite, โ Calcite, โ Cerussite, โ Fluorite, โ Galena, โ Gypsum, โ Limonite, โ Pyrite, โ Smithsonite, โ Sphalerite, โ Willemite |
| Bradley Mine, Florida Mountains Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Calcite, โ Chalcopyrite, โ Galena, โ Limonite, โ Pyrite, โ Quartz, โ Sphalerite |
| Silver Cave Mine, Gym Peak, Florida Mountains Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Calcite, โ Cerussite, โ Limonite, โ Quartz, โ Smithsonite |
| Lucky John Mine (Mahoney Mine), Florida Mountains Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Azurite, โ Baryte, โ Calcite, โ Cerussite, โ Galena, โ Limonite, โ Malachite, โ Quartz, โ Smithsonite |
| Park Mine (Hilltop Mine), Florida Mountains Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Cerussite, โ Limonite, โ Smithsonite |
| San Antonio Mine, Florida Mountains Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Calcite, โ Cerussite, โ Limonite, โ Quartz, โ Smithsonite |
| Stenson Mine, Florida Mountains Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Chalcopyrite, โ Limonite, โ Magnetite, โ Malachite, โ Pyrite, โ Quartz |
| Grattan Mine (Gratton Mine), Fluorite Ridge Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Fluorite, โ Quartz |
| Green Spar Mine (Grattan State Land; Cox prospect), Fluorite Ridge Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Fluorite |
| Greenleaf Mine, Fluorite Ridge Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Quartz |
| Lucky Mine, Fluorite Ridge Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Fluorite |
| San Juan Mine, Fluorite Ridge Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Quartz |
| Valley Mine, Fluorite Ridge Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Fluorite, โ Quartz |
| Little Florida Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Agglomerate, โ Conglomerate, โ Felsite, โ Sandstone, โ Tuff |
| Killion Mine, Little Florida Mountains Mining District, Little Florida Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Manganite, โ Psilomelane, โ Pyrolusite, โ Wad |
| Luna Mine, Little Florida Mountains Mining District, Little Florida Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Manganite, โ Psilomelane, โ Pyrolusite, โ Wad |
| Manganese Valley Mine, Little Florida Mountains Mining District, Little Florida Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Manganite, โ Psilomelane, โ Pyrolusite, โ Wad |
| Spar Group, Little Florida Mountains Mining District, Little Florida Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Baryte, โ Calcite, โ Fluorite, โ Quartz, โ Wad |
| Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Andesite, โ Basalt, โ Conglomerate, โ Hornblende porphyry, โ Limestone, โ Quartz-monzonite, โ Sandstone, โ Shale, โ Tuff |
| Dumortierite locality, Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Dumortierite, โ Muscovite, โ Quartz |
| Mahoney Mines area, Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Anglesite, โ Azurite, โ Calcite, โ Cerussite, โ Chalcopyrite, โ Chlorargyrite, โ Epidote, โ Galena, โ Garnet Group, โ Hemimorphite, โ Hydrozincite, โ Magnetite, โ Malachite, โ Quartz, โ Smithsonite, โ Sphalerite, โ Wollastonite |
| Black Hawk Mine, Cincinnati vein system, Mahoney Mines area, Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Calcite, โ Galena, โ Limonite, โ Pyrite, โ Quartz, โ Sphalerite |
| Cincinnati Mine, Cincinnati vein system, Mahoney Mines area, Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Calcite, โ Galena, โ Limonite, โ Pyrite, โ Quartz, โ Sphalerite |
| Hancock Mine, Cincinnati vein system, Mahoney Mines area, Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Calcite, โ Galena, โ Limonite, โ Pyrite, โ Quartz, โ Sphalerite |
| Marie Mine, Cincinnati vein system, Mahoney Mines area, Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Calcite, โ Galena, โ Limonite, โ Pyrite, โ Quartz, โ Sphalerite |
| Section 35 prospect, Cincinnati vein system, Mahoney Mines area, Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Arsenopyrite, โ Galena, โ Kaolinite, โ Muscovite, โ Pyrite, โ Quartz-monzonite, โ Sericite, โ Sphalerite |
| Unnamed prospects west of Black Hawk Mine, Cincinnati vein system, Mahoney Mines area, Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Calcite, โ Cerussite, โ Conglomerate, โ Limestone, โ Quartz, โ Shale, โ Smithsonite |
| Comfort claim, Mahoney Mines area, Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Calcite, โ Cerussite, โ Garnet Group, โ Smithsonite, โ Wollastonite |
| Contention claim, Mahoney Mines area, Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Calcite, โ Cerussite, โ Garnet Group, โ Smithsonite, โ Wollastonite |
| Lindy Ann claims, Mahoney Mines area, Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Baryte, โ Chlorite Group, โ Dolomite, โ Galena, โ Hematite, โ Magnetite, โ Muscovite, โ Pyrite, โ Quartz-monzonite, โ Sericite, โ Sphalerite |
| Canon Mine, Middle Peak (Middle Sisters Peak), Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Andesite, โ Azurite, โ Calcite, โ Latite, โ Limonite, โ Malachite, โ Quartz, โ Tuff |
| Unnamed prospects East of North Peak, North Peak (North Sisters Peak), Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Cerussite, โ Epidote, โ Galena, โ Garnet Group, โ Limestone, โ Magnetite, โ Manganese Oxides, โ Quartz-monzonite |
| Unnamed Garnet occurrence [1], South Peak (South Sisters Peak), Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Andradite, โ Limestone |
| Unnamed prospects in the vicinity of South and Middle Sister Peaks, South Peak (South Sisters Peak), Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Galena, โ Marble, โ Pyrite, โ Scheelite, โ Sphalerite, โ Tactite |
| Zumwalt prospect, South Peak (South Sisters Peak), Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Galena, โ Pyrite, โ Scheelite, โ Sphalerite |
| Burke Mine, Mine Hill, Victorio District (Gage District), Victorio Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Anglesite, โ Calcite, โ Cerussite, โ Quartz, โ Smithsonite |
| Chance Mine, Mine Hill, Victorio District (Gage District), Victorio Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA | โ Anglesite, โ Calcite, โ Cerussite, โ Quartz, โ Smithsonite |
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