Shakespeare Mine

Occurrence in Bernalillo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper
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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087754
MRDS ID D009069
Record type Site
Current site name Shakespeare Mine
Alternate or previous names P and G Deposit, Santo Domingo Prospect, Longfellow Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.37975, 35.06757 (WGS84)
Elevation 1989
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF ALBUQUERQUE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bernalillo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tijeras(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Bernalillo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010N 005E 26 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • REPORTED TO BE LOCATED 1000 FT. NORTHEAST OF THE JUNCTION OF THE CHAMISOSO CANYON ROAD WITH NEW MEXICO STATE ROUTE 14.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = ALBUQUERQUE 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Copper Ore
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madera Limestone
    Rock description Madera Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.37975, 35.06757

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 08 E
    Dip 70 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tijeras Canyon District: Manzanita Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. J. Giannini And John Parsons
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 86.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1962 CONSISTED OF AN INACCESSIBLE 285 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, 2 SHORT ADITS, A 75 FT. SHAFT AND SEVERAL SMALL PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 6

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., AND NORTHROP, S.A., 1975 NMBMMR MEM 29, P. 105, MAP 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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