Shakespeare Mine

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

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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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