| Deposit ID | 10009984 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003314 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0350290075 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Irish Rose Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Eloi and Morlock Claims, Tungsten Hill Shaft\n , Kimmic, Brinkman |
| Point of reference | Pit |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.0854, 32.1883 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1387 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 21.5 MILES S 75 W OF DEMING. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Luna(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mimbres(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Luna |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 024S | 012W | 29 | SW | New Mexico |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Beryl | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Wolframite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Wulfenite | Gangue |
| Result | AVERAGE GRADE OF VEIN 0.1% WO3, 0.6% BEO |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | El Paso Limestone |
| Rock description | El Paso Limestone |
| Pit (1) | -108.0854, 32.1883 |
|---|
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | DUE NORTH |
| Dip | 50 TO 70 EAST |
| Thickness | 0.91M |
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1905 |
| Year of first production | 1945 |
| District name | Victorio District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Y. E. Nichols, J. H. Winslow, Jesse Kimmick And William Farr |
| First year | 1940 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | D. S. Tedford |
| First year | 1950 |
| Year | 1905 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Pre-1905 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 38.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003314 |
GRISWOLD, G. B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 72, P 87-89
HOLSER, W. T., 1953, BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN THE VICTORIO MOUNTAINS, LUNA COUNTY, N. MEX.: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 38, P. 601-602
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 202
DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 36-38
THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1175
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | $70,000 WORTH OF W BEFORE 1943 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-82 | Richter, D. H. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-APR-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Reporter | 18-NOV-83 | New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 05-JAN-11 | Causey, J. Douglas | U.S. Geological Survey | Added info from MAS record 0350290075 (Dep_ID 10126518) and deleted that record. |
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