| Deposit ID | 10010035 |
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| MRDS ID | D003388 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Alpha Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Alpha Claim 1950's, Scheelite Group 1939: Scheelite Nos. 1 To 6, Great Republic Nos. 1 and 2, Sunday |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.37784, 32.36568 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 1524 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 29 MILES S 12 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ninetysix Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 022S | 015W | 27 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Hornblende | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | DALE AND MCKINNEY, 1959, REPORTED A SAMPLE SELECTED BY ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT FROM THE BEST MATERIAL ASSAYED 4.28 % WO3 AND A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A DUMP ASSAYED 0.40 % WO3. |
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| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite |
| (1) | -108.37784, 32.36568 |
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| General form | IRREGULAR |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1939 |
| Year of last production | 1955 |
| District name | Bound Ranch District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
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| Owner | H. E. Mccray |
| Home office | Deming, N.M. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Year | 1939 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1939 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1950 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1950'S | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
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| Overall depth | 10.67M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003388 |
HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 14-15
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1034
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
DALE AND MCKINNEY, 1959, P.15
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ VEINS 275 -280 ALONG CONTACT WITH AMPHIBOLITAND GNEISSIC GRANITE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-82 | Lawrence, V. A. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-82 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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