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Scheelite Group

Occurrence in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094263
MRDS ID D003301
Record type Site
Current site name Scheelite Group
Related records 10125991

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.99785, 32.10569 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cotton City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 025S 021W 27,28 NW4 (27); NE4(28) New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Spessartite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Marbleization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chiricahua Limestone
    Rock description Chiricahua Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.99785, 32.10569
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Along Contact Of Ls Pendant And Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Simon

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 6.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 7M LONG AND OPEN CUT

Comments on development

  • 1952

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SKARN IN PENDANT OF LIMESTONE-COBBLE CONGLOMERATE IN TERTIARY GRANITE. THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1952.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Richter, D. H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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