| Deposit ID | 10009974 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003299 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ward Tungsten Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Baker-Standard Tungsten Mine |
| Related records | 10126230 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.98007, 32.10874 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1433 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 23.5 MILES S 44 W OF LORDSBURG. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hidalgo(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cotton City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Simon(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Hidalgo |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 025S | 021W | 22,23,26,27 | SE (22); SW (23); NW (26); NE (27) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Horquilla Limestone |
| Rock description | Horquilla Limestone |
| (1) | -108.98007, 32.10874 |
|---|
| General form | SCHEELITE OCCURS IN SMALL PODS ALONG A BEDDING PLANEFAULT IN LS 150,55 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1954 |
| Year of last production | 1957 |
| District name | San Simon District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Standard Tungsten Corp. |
| Home office | Benson, Az. |
| First year | 1957 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003299 |
DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 27-28
ARMSTRONG, A.K., SILBERMAN, M.L., TODD, V.R., HOGGATT, W.C., AND CARTEN, R.B., 1978 NMBMMR CIRC 158, P.11, PLATE 1
DREWES, H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1221
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
USBM RI 5517,P72; NMBMMR B.57,P152; RICHTER D H SIL VER CITY 2 SHEET SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION 1982
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS (1957). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-78 | Richter, D. H. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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