| Deposit ID | 10010053 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003424 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Werney Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Hinds Prospect: Claims In 1951, Hinds Nos. 1 and 2 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.267, 32.43984 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1613 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 29 MILES S 03 E OF SILVER CITY. 10 MILES S 35 E OF WHITE SIGNAL, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Werney Hill(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 021S | 014W | 34 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Uranium | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Uranophane | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -108.267, 32.43984 |
|---|
| General form | LENSE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 75 TO 85 E |
| Dip | NEARLY VERTICAL |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1951 |
| District name | White Signal District: White Rock Canyon Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. B. Frost And Charles Russell |
| First year | 1950 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003424 |
HEDLUND,D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.
LOVERING, T.G., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-L, P. 352-353
GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 285
GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 134-135
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 54
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1038
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINLETS AND LENSES OF ORE IN BRECCIA AND SHATTER ZONES ALONG TWO NORTHEAST-STRIKING FAULTS. FINELY CRYSTALLINE FLUORITE OCCURS IN VEINLETS UP TO 12 INCHES THICK AND HAVE BEEN EXPOSED IN WORKINGS TO A DEPTH OF 15 FT... TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1950'S. ACCORDING TO MR. FROST THE PROPERTY IS BASICALLY A URANIUM PROPERTY. FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN A SHATTERED ZONE ALONG A VEIN IN QUARTZITE TO A DEPTH OF 15 FT WHERE IT PINCHES OUT. IT CAN BE FOUND ON THE SURFACE FOR ONLY A FEW FEET FROM THE SHAFT. FLUORITE IS FINELY CRYSTALLINE AND PURPLE; IT OCCURS IN VEINLETS RANGING FROM 1 TO ABOUT 12 INCHES. NO URANIUM MINERALS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH FLUORSPAR. |
| Deposit | RECORD # D009840 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-78 | Lawrence, V. A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-82 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-83 | Haug, Jerry (Worl, Ronald G.) | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-90 | Bolm, Karen S. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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