Mine detail: Shrine Fluorspar Mine

Previously called 'Shrine No. 3Rome No. 2Osmer Mine: Shrine Group Patented In 1950ClaimsShrine No. 1Shrine No. 2Shrine No. 4Shrine Millsite: Other Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.65512, -108.45256

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Gold, Silver
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1936

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1936
Last production ended:	1950

Geology

Host type:	Hornblendite
Associated rock:	Hornblende Granite, Biotite Granite, Porphyritic Granite;Cret-Tert
Associated type:	Diabase,Rhyolite,Andesite,Granite
Structure:	Mangas Fault, Malone Fault And Another Fault.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	W006935
DEP	10069415
Reference	{Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H. E., JOHNSON, C. H. AND HAHN, A. D., 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: N. MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RES. BULL. 21 P. 71 - 73}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1951, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF BURRO MOUNTAINS AND VICINITY, NEW MEXICO: USGS BULL. 973F P. 275 - 276}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 8307 P. 66}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 69}{Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 17}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1031}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: PAIGE, SIDNEY, 1916, SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO FOLIO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, NO. 199.}{Deposit:: 1916 GEOLMAP PAIGE, S.}{Deposit:: 1928 GEOLMAP DARTON, N. H.}{Deposit:: 1951 GEOLMAP GILLERMAN, E.}{Production:: WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF N. MEXICO; ROTHROCK, H. E., 1946, FLUORSPAR RES. OF N. MEXICO}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Menzie, David