Eagle Point Tungsten Claims

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009933
MRDS ID D003226
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Point Tungsten Claims
Related records 10126272

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.45728, 31.76625 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position ABOUT 43 MILES S 20 E OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hachita Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 029S 016W 22 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON PLATE 1 OF NMBMMR BULL 96.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.45728, 31.76625

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposits Occur In A Tactite Zone Along The Limestone-Granite Contact.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer J.H. Winslow
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name Sylvanite District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Reyner Mines, Inc.
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. H. Winslow And C. L. Buskirk
    Home office Deming, N.M.
    First year 1957

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPENCUT AND NUMEROUS TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM IC-5517, P. 18-22

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962 USGS MAP MR-25

  • Deposit

    ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, P. 20, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-78 Hasler, J. William New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-MAR-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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