Commodities
PrimaryManganese
TertiaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR PODS
Ore controlFaults And Fracture Zones Are Hosts For Mineralized Solutions.
Materials
Ore mineralsPsilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Tectonic settingContinental Platform Disrupted By Extensive Cenozoic Vulcanism And Basin And Range Deformation.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1942
Last production1958
Discovery year1939
Identification
Deposit ID10008855
MRDS IDD001313
Alternate namesGuame Property: Rock House Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.09039, -107.24392
References
LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 55, NO. 1, P. 1-55.FARNHAM, L L, 1961 USBM IC8030, P118