Irish Rose Mine

The Irish Rose Mine is a tungsten mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,551 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

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Site Name

Primary: Irish Rose Mine
Secondary: Eloi and Morlock Claims
Secondary: Tungsten Hill Shaft
Secondary: Kimmic
Secondary: Brinkman
Secondary: Morlock

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Beryllium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Victorio District

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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: D. S. Tedford
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: Y. E. Nichols, J. H. Winslow, Jesse Kimmick And William Farr
Years: 1940 -

Production

Year: 1905
Time Period: Pre-1905

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVERAGE GRADE OF VEIN 0.1% WO3, 0.6% BEO

Materials

Ore: Beryl
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Wulfenite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): $70,000 WORTH OF W BEFORE 1943 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): POSSIBLY 1,200 TONS OF 0.105 % WO3 REMAINING

Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 150 FT DEEP

References

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 36-38

Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1175

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G. B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 72, P 87-89

Reference (Deposit): HOLSER, W. T., 1953, BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN THE VICTORIO MOUNTAINS, LUNA COUNTY, N. MEX.: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 38, P. 601-602

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 202

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