New Mexico · Grant County
Past Producer

Hillside Claims

Grant County, New Mexico, United States
TungstenGoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryGold
TertiarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formSCATTERED PODS
Ore controlMineralization Occurs In Narrow Quartz Veins Localized Along Pressure-Fracture Systems In The Granite.
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Scheelite, Wolframite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGranite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1945
Last production1945
Identification
Deposit ID10010036
MRDS IDD003389
Alternate namesMyers
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.36234, -108.4584
References
HEDLUND D 96 RANCH QUAD,GRANT CO NM MF 1034GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P 131DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 13-14HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1034NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA