Werney Mine

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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Mine Info

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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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