| Deposit ID | 10010036 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003389 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hillside Claims |
| Alternate or previous names | Myers |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.4584, 32.36234 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1676 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 31 MILES S 21 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)
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 | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 022S | 016W | 26 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Wolframite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | DALE AND MCKINNEY, P.14, REPORTED ASSAYS FROM SEVEN SAMPLES TAKEN IN THE 1940'S WHICH RANGED FROM 0.01 TO 2.37 WO3 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||
| |||
| (1) | Piedmont alluvial deposits |
|---|
| General form | SCATTERED PODS |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1945 |
| Year of last production | 1945 |
| District name | Bound Ranch District: Langford Mountains Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | George Myers |
| First year | 1940 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. H. Winslow, M. R. Hemley, And Y. E. Nichols |
| First year | 1957 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 12.19M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003389 |
HEDLUND D 96 RANCH QUAD,GRANT CO NM MF 1034
DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 13-14
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1034
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RATIO OF SCHEELITE TO WOLFRAMITE IS EST. TO BE 5:1 |
| 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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