Shrine Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198835
MAS/MILS ID 0350170085
Record type Site
Current site name Shrine Mine
Alternate or previous names Osmer Mine, Shrine and Rome Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.45232, 32.65512 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wind Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 019 S 019 W 13 C SENW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.45232, 32.65512

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 50S
    Thickness 2M
    Length 200M
    Width 250M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #3 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N75W:50S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1936

Mining district

District name Tyrone

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION- 71,543ST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Mcanulty U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references