Description
Neal Pridemore
Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryBismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formVEINLETS AND PODS
Ore controlScheelite Is Disseminated Throughout The Quartz Vein And Adjacent Granite, But Is Concentrated In Small Pods And Veinlets Along The Contact Of The Quartz And Granite.
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockGranite · Burro Mountain Granite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1953
Last production1955
Discovery year1935
Identification
Deposit ID10013311
MRDS IDD009534
Alternate namesZelma Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.69205, -108.5109
References
DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 8-9ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 138-139, PLATE 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAHEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264