| Deposit ID | 10009983 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003312 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tungsten Hill Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.10172, 32.1893 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1387 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 21.25 MILES S 76 W OF DEMING. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Luna |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 024S | 012W | 29 | CENTER | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Beryllium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Helvite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Idocrase | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Tremolite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -108.10172, 32.1893 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1950 |
| District name | Victorio District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| 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 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003312 |
HOLSER, W. T., 1953, BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN THE VICTORIO MOUNTAINS, LUNA COUNTY, N. MEX.: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 38, P. 599-611.
GRISWOLD, G. B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 72, P 87-91
HOLSER, W.T., 1952 USGS TRACE ELEMENTS INVESTIGATIONS REPORT NO 166, 23 PAGES
THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1175
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.
| 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. |
| 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 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.