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Zelma Tungsten Prospect

Past Producer 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013311
MRDS ID D009534
Record type Site
Current site name Zelma Tungsten Prospect
Alternate or previous names Zelma Group
Related records 10295805

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.5109, 32.69205 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position ABOUT 15 MILES S 66 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullard Peak(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
New Mexico 018S 016W 32,33 SE (32); SW (33) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT LOCATED ON THE SECTION LINE BETWEEN SECTIONS 32 AND 33 AS SHOWN ON THE REDROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OWNER REPORTED OCCURRENCE OF BISMUTH IS UNVERIFIED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Burro Mountain Granite
    Rock description Burro Mountain Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.5109, 32.69205
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS AND PODS
    Thickness 0.25M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Scheelite Is Disseminated Throughout The Quartz Vein And Adjacent Granite, But Is Concentrated In Small Pods And Veinlets Along The Contact Of The Quartz And Granite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Discoverer Neal Pridemore
Year of first production 1953
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Black Hawk District: Burro Mountains; Bullard Peak Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jack Mercer
    First year 1955
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dave Osmer
    Home office Silver City, N.M.
    First year 1961

Comments on the production information

  • DALE AND MCKINNEY REPORTED 975 LBS. OF CONCENTRATES ASSAYING 62% W03 PRODUCED IN 1953 AND ABOUT 200 TONS OF LOW-GRADE ORE PRODUCED IN 1954 AND 1955.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 21.34M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF A 70 FT. ADIT, A 25 FT. SHAFT, A FEW SHALLOW OPENCUTS AND PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 8-9

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 138-139, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A QUARTZ VEIN, AND OCCURS IN VEINLETS AND PODS UP TO 10 IN. WIDE. FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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