Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryGold, Silver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlMineralization Localized Along The Contact Between Altered Amphibolite And Gneissic Granite.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Garnet, Hornblende, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Amphibolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1939
Last production1955
Identification
Deposit ID10010035
MRDS IDD003388
Alternate namesAlpha Claim 1950's, Scheelite Group 1939: Scheelite Nos. 1 To 6, Great Republic Nos. 1 and 2, Sunday
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.36568, -108.37784
References
HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPSGILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P 134DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 14-15HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1034NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATADALE AND MCKINNEY, 1959, P.15