Mine detail: Irish Rose Mine

Previously called 'Eloi and Morlock Claims'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.18763, -108.10533

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Beryllium
Ore: Beryl, Galena, Scheelite, Wolframite
Gangue: Fluorite, Limonite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Wulfenite
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year: 1905

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1945

Geology

Host rock:El Paso Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Rhyolite

References

MRDSD003314
DEP10009984
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}{Deposit:: HOLSER, W. T., 1953, BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN THE VICTORIO MOUNTAINS, LUNA COUNTY, N. MEX.: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 38, P. 601-602}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 202}{Deposit:: DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 36-38}{Deposit:: THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1175}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
ReporterRichter, D. H., Menzie, David