Mine detail: Zelma Tungsten Prospect

Previously called 'Zelma Group'

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Location: Grant County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.69205, -108.5109
dep_id: 10013311
mrds_id: D009534
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Trace mineral: Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Scheelite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: VEINLETS AND PODS
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Scheelite 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.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Granite
arock_unit: Burro Mountain Granite
arock_type: Granite
Year first produced: 1953
yr_lst_prd: 1955
disc_yr: 1935
discr: Neal Pridemore
References:
  • Deposit:: DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 8-9
  • Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15
  • Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 138-139, PLATE 1
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264
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