Mine detail: Irish Rose Mine

Location:	Luna County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long:	32.18763, -108.10533
dep_id:	10009984
mrds_id:	D003314
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Tungsten
Minor mineral:	Beryllium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Beryl, Galena, Scheelite, Wolframite
gangue:	Fluorite, Limonite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Wulfenite
orebody_fm:	PINCH AND SWELL
work_type:	Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl:	Fault-Fracture Structural Control. Length 500 Ft
Reporter:	Richter, D. H., Menzie, David
hrock_unit:	El Paso Limestone
hrock_type:	Limestone
arock_type:	Rhyolite
Year first produced:	1945
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1905
References:	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