Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
TertiaryTungsten, Beryllium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlTactite Replaces Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsHelvite, Scheelite
GangueFluorite, Idocrase, Quartz, Talc, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · El Paso Limestone;Montoya Dolomite
Associated rockRhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1950
Identification
Deposit ID10009983
MRDS IDD003312
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.1893, -108.10172
References
HOLSER, W. T., 1953, BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN THE VICTORIO MOUNTAINS, LUNA COUNTY, N. MEX.: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 38, P. 599-611.GRISWOLD, G. B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 72, P 87-91WARNER, L. A., HOLSER, W. T., AND WILMARTH, V. R., 1959, OCCURENCES OF NONPEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 318, P 122-125HOLSER, W.T., 1952 USGS TRACE ELEMENTS INVESTIGATIONS REPORT NO 166, 23 PAGESTHORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1175NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.