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MINERAL-RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

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MINERAL-RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

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    1. MINERAL-RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO Virginia T. McLemore, Kelly Donahue, Michael Breese, Meghan L. Jackson, Jeffrey Arbuckle, and Glen Jones

    2. Location

    3. LUNA COUNTY More than $16 million dollars of metals and nonmetals produced from 1876 to 2000. 11 types of metallic deposits. 6 types of nonmetallic deposits. Currently, agate, manganese, fire clay, and sand and gravel are being produced.

    4. Physiographic features and direction of ground water

    5. Mining districts

    6. Purpose of this study To describe known and possible mineral deposits (excluding aggregate and petroleum resources) in Luna County. To assess the potential of mineral and energy resources (excluding aggregate and petroleum resources) on the surface and within the subsurface of Luna County.

    7. Method of study Compilation and interpretation of available published and unpublished data (Appendix 1). Identify known mineral occurrences, deposits, mines, prospects, and mills (Appendix 2). Examine NURE data and plot geochemical distribution maps.

    8. Cu >55000 ppb

    9. Methods—continued Field examination and collection of unmineralized and mineralized samples for chemical analyses (Appendix 4). Some samples of igneous intrusions were dated by the NMBGMR Geochronolgy Laboratory (Appendix 5).

    10. Methods—continued Integration and interpretation of all available data. Assess the mineral-resource potential using USGS and BLM classification and plot on maps.

    11. Classification of mineral-resource potential and certainty of assurance (modified from Goudarzi, 1984)

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    13. CONCLUSIONS High-resource potential Be, W, Mo in Tres Hermanas-Victorio Mountains. Ag, Pb, Zn in Tres Hermanas-Victorio Mountains and Cooke’s Range. Mn in the Cooke’s Range and Florida-Little Florida Mountains. F at Fluorite-Goat Ridge. clay at Taylor Mountain. gems and mineral collecting in the Burdick-Bisbee Hills and Carrizalillo-Cedar-Klondike Hills.

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