Shrine Fluorspar Mine

The Shrine Fluorspar Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,988 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Satelite View

MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.

Site Name

Primary: Shrine Fluorspar Mine
Secondary: Osmer Mine: Shrine Group Patented In 1950
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Shrine No. 1
Secondary: Shrine No. 2
Secondary: Shrine No. 4
Secondary: Shrine Millsite: Other Claims
Secondary: Shrine No. 3
Secondary: Rome No. 2

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Burro Mountains District: Tyrone Area; Willow Creek

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Allied Chemical Corp., General Chemical Division

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1936
Year Last Production: 1950
Discovery Year: 1936
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Type: L
Description: Mangas Fault, Malone Fault And Another Fault.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS WITHIN A BRECCIA AND GOUGE ZONE ALONG A NORTHWEST STRIKING FAULT. FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2129 AND TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A 730 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH SEVEN WORKING LEVELS. DRIFTING EXTENDED ABOUT 900 FT. ALONG STRIKE AND THE SURFACE OUTCROP WAS EXPLORED FOR A LENGTH OF 1100 FT.. DRIFTS ON THE 35, 85 AND 135 FT. LEVELS WERE STOPED TO THE SURFACE.

Comment (Geology): THE PORPHYRITIC GRANITE CONTAINS LARGE ORTHOCLASE CRYSTALS, SOME QUARTZ AND CHLORITIZED BIOTITE.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE SHRINE MINE AS SHOWN ON THE WIND MOUNTAIN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Commodity): SILVER AND GOLD OCCUR IN TRACE

Comment (Production): PRODUCTIVE PERIOD WAS 1936 - 1954. IN 1941 AND 1942 CRUDE ORE AVERAGED 81.0 AND 83.5 PERCENT CAF2 RESPECTIVELY.

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: MOST OF THE ORE WAS TRUCKED 40 KM TO THE SILVER CITY RAILROAD STATION. AFTER 1942, ORE WAS SENT TO GENERAL CHEMICAL'S MILL AT DEMING.

References

Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, SIDNEY, 1916, SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO FOLIO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, NO. 199.

Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H. E., JOHNSON, C. H. AND HAHN, A. D., 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: N. MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RES. BULL. 21 P. 71 - 73

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1951, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF BURRO MOUNTAINS AND VICINITY, NEW MEXICO: USGS BULL. 973F P. 275 - 276

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 8307 P. 66

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 69

Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 17

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1031

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF N. MEXICO; ROTHROCK, H. E., 1946, FLUORSPAR RES. OF N. MEXICO

Reference (Deposit): 1916 GEOLMAP PAIGE, S.

Reference (Deposit): 1928 GEOLMAP DARTON, N. H.

Reference (Deposit): 1951 GEOLMAP GILLERMAN, E.

The Top Ten Gold Producing States

These ten states contributed the most to the gold production that built the West from 1848 through the 1930s. The Top Ten Gold Producing States.