Tungsten Mine

Past Producer in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10296834
MAS/MILS ID 0350550214
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper Ridge Tungsten Deposit, Picuris Group, Copper Hill Tungsten Deposit, Verde Claims, Wichita, Molly Tungsten Lode

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.77137, 36.22565 (WGS84)
Elevation 2470
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trampas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Taos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Taos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023 N 011 E 16 NENWSE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.77137, 36.22565

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Montgomery, Arthur
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1951

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOME ORE MINED DURING WORLD WAR 1

  • Deposit

    SIX TONS ORE MINED IN 1955

  • Deposit

    INCLUDES 2 SHAFTS AND 2 PROSPECTS

  • Deposit

    ALSO EXTENDS INTO SECTION 15.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING J H 1960 NMBM BULL 71 P103

  • Deposit

    HOWARD, E. VIET; METALLIFEROUS OCCURRENCES IN N. M., STATE

  • Deposit

    PLANNING OFFICE, SANTA FE, N. M., 1967, P. 194

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MINES FILES

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5517 1959 P 69-71

  • Deposit

    NEW MINE REGISTRATIONS,1965,STATE MINE INSPECTOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references