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Evening Star

Prospect in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Tungsten, Bismuth
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096872
MRDS ID D011535
Record type Site
Current site name Evening Star
Related records 10271945

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.46729, 32.71261 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wind Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
018S 016W 26 NE4 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.46729, 32.71261
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE DESCRIBED AS MIGMATITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Mining district

District name Black Hawk District (South Of)

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED BY A FEW PITS, TRENCHES, AND DIAMOND DRILL HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5517, P. 10-11

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, ELLIOT, 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, P. 141-142

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ RICH VEIN IS 2.5 FT. WIDE AND TRENDS N25E,75NW IN GRANITE AND QUARTZ DIORITE GNEISS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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