Mine detail: The Tungsten Mine

Previously called 'Penasco Mine: Wichita Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.22561, -105.77168

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Tungsten
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Malachite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1955

Geology

Host rock:	Ortega Formation
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	The Mine Is Located Along The Axis Of The West-Southwest Plunging Copper Hill Anticline.

References

MRDS	D002788
DEP	10009688
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 89-91}{Deposit:: MONTGOMERY, A., 1953 NMBMMR BULL 30, 89 PAGES}{Deposit:: SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 103}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Hasler, J. William, Menzie, David