Tungsten Hill Prospect

Past Producer in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Beryllium
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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009983
MRDS ID D003312
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten Hill Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.10172, 32.1893 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Relative position ABOUT 21.25 MILES S 76 W OF DEMING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 024S 012W 29 CENTER New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Helvite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Idocrase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name El Paso Limestone;Montoya Dolomite
    Rock description El Paso Limestone;Montoya Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.10172, 32.1893

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Replaces Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1950

Mining district

District name Victorio District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joe Long And Harry Stevens
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1950
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. R. Eaton
    Home office Silver City, N.M.
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CARLOAD (ABOUT 50 TONS) OF OXIDIZED PB-ZN ORE FROM A FISSURE IN LIMESTONE IS THE ONLY RECORDED PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS IN 1950 CONSISTED OF AN 80 FT. SHAFT, A 20 FT. SHAFT, AN OPENCUT, TWO PITS AND MANY PROSPECT HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO TACTITE BANDS ONE 200 FT LONG AND 20 FT WIDE, A SECOND BAND IS 500 FT LONG AND 10 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 Richter, D. H. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-APR-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.