Mine detail: Eagle Point Tungsten Claims

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.76625, -108.45728
dep_id: 10009933
mrds_id: D003226
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Molybdenite, Scheelite
gangue: Garnet
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Deposits Occur In A Tactite Zone Along The Limestone-Granite Contact.
Reporter: Hasler, J. William, Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Horquilla Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Granite
Year first produced: 1943
disc_yr: 1940
discr: J.H. Winslow
References:
  • Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, PLATE 1
  • Deposit:: DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM IC-5517, P. 18-22
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962 USGS MAP MR-25
  • Deposit:: ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, P. 20, PLATE 1
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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