Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryBeryllium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control. Length 500 Ft
Materials
Ore mineralsBeryl, Galena, Scheelite, Wolframite
GangueFluorite, Limonite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Wulfenite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · El Paso Limestone
Associated rockRhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1945
Discovery year1905
Identification
Deposit ID10009984
MRDS IDD003314
Alternate namesTungsten Hill Shaft\n , Brinkman, Eloi and Morlock Claims, KimmicMorlock
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.1883, -108.0854
References
GRISWOLD, G. B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 72, P 87-89HOLSER, W. T., 1953, BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN THE VICTORIO MOUNTAINS, LUNA COUNTY, N. MEX.: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 38, P. 601-602LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 202DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 36-38THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1175NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA