Mine detail: Tungsten Hill Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 32.1893, -108.10172

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Tertiary: Tungsten, Beryllium
Ore: Helvite, Scheelite
Gangue: Fluorite, Idocrase, Quartz, Talc, Tremolite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1950

Geology

Host rock:El Paso Limestone;Montoya Dolomite
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Rhyolite

References

MRDSD003312
DEP10009983
Reference{Deposit:: HOLSER, W. T., 1953, BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN THE VICTORIO MOUNTAINS, LUNA COUNTY, N. MEX.: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 38, P. 599-611.}{Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G. B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 72, P 87-91}{Deposit:: WARNER, L. A., HOLSER, W. T., AND WILMARTH, V. R., 1959, OCCURENCES OF NONPEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 318, P 122-125}{Deposit:: HOLSER, W.T., 1952 USGS TRACE ELEMENTS INVESTIGATIONS REPORT NO 166, 23 PAGES}{Deposit:: THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1175}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.}
ReporterRichter, D. H., Menzie, David