The Werney Mine is a fluorine-fluorite and uranium mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,292 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,292 Feet (1,613 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Lat, Long: 32.43972, -108.26639
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Werney Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Werney Mine
Secondary: Hinds Prospect: Claims In 1951
Secondary: Hinds Nos. 1 and 2
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: White Signal District: White Rock Canyon Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. B. Frost And Charles Russell
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1951
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT OF THE WERNEY MINE AS SHOWN ON THE WERNEY HILL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (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.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A 50 FT. SHAFT AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D009840 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND,D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.G., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-L, P. 352-353
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 285
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 134-135
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 54
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1038
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