Mine detail: Alpha Mine

Previously called 'Alpha Claim 195
*Scheelite Group 1939: Scheelite Nos. 1 To 6Great Republic Nos. 1 and 2Sunday'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.36568, -108.37784

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Hornblende, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1939
Last production ended:	1955

Geology

Host type:

Gneiss,Amphibolite

References

MRDS	D003388
DEP	10010035
Reference	{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P 134}{Deposit:: DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 14-15}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1034}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: DALE AND MCKINNEY, 1959, P.15}
Reporter	Lawrence, V. A., Menzie, David