Irish Rose Mine

Past Producer in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Tungsten, Beryllium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

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.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 024S 012W 29 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Wulfenite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE OF VEIN 0.1% WO3, 0.6% BEO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name El Paso Limestone
    Rock description El Paso Limestone

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -108.0854, 32.1883

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike DUE NORTH
    Dip 50 TO 70 EAST
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control. Length 500 Ft

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1905
Year of first production 1945

Mining district

District name Victorio District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • 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

Production statistics

  • Year 1905
    Period Pre-1905
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POSSIBLY 1,200 TONS OF 0.105 % WO3 REMAINING

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 150 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G. B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 72, P 87-89

  • Deposit

    HOLSER, W. T., 1953, BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN THE VICTORIO MOUNTAINS, LUNA COUNTY, N. MEX.: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 38, P. 601-602

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 202

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 36-38

  • Deposit

    THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1175

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit $70,000 WORTH OF W BEFORE 1943 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references