The Shakespeare Mine is a barium-barite mine located in Bernalillo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,526 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,526 Feet (1,989 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 35.0675, -106.37917
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Shakespeare Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shakespeare Mine
Secondary: P and G Deposit
Secondary: Santo Domingo Prospect
Secondary: Longfellow Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Bernalillo
District: Tijeras Canyon District: Manzanita Mountains Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: M. J. Giannini And John Parsons
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Barite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Location): 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
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1962 CONSISTED OF AN INACCESSIBLE 285 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, 2 SHORT ADITS, A 75 FT. SHAFT AND SEVERAL SMALL PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., AND NORTHROP, S.A., 1975 NMBMMR MEM 29, P. 105, MAP 1
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 6
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