| Deposit ID | 60000048 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001311 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Grandview Canyon District |
| Alternate or previous names | Grandview Canyon Tungsten/Bismuth Deposits: Stone Prospect: Pioneer Mine, Greenback Mine, Grandview Mine: Principal Claims: Pioneer Group, Pioneer, North Pioneer, South Pioneer, East Pioneer, West Pioneer, Yankee Middy, Chief Group, Apache No 1, Apache No 2, Chief No 1, Chief No 2, Rainbow, Zane Gray Group, Zane Gray No. 1, 2, 3, 4, TUNGSTEN NO 1 and 2, Greenback |
| Related records | 10272767 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.58697, 32.97792 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF GRANDVIEW CANYON IS NEAR THE CENTER OF THE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS ON THE EAST FLANK BETWEEN HEMBRILLO AND SULPHUR CANYONS., WITHIN A RADIUS OF 3000 FT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sierra(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hembrillo Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
White Sands(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Sierra |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Bismuth Critical | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| (1) | -106.58697, 32.97792 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Discovery year | 1907 |
| Discoverer | G.E. Stone |
| Year of first production | 1908 |
| Year of last production | 1918 |
| District name | GRANDVIEW CANYON DISTRICT |
|---|
LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
LASKY, S.G., 1932, NEW MEX. BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RES., BULL. 8.
NMBMMR, 1965, BULL 87, P202, P243, P371
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