Mine detail: Scheelite Group

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.10569, -108.99785
dep_id: 10094263
mrds_id: D003301
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Scheelite
gangue: Actinolite, Spessartite
work_type: Unknown
alteration: Marbleization
ore_ctrl: Ore Along Contact Of Ls Pendant And Granite
Reporter: Richter, D. H.
hrock_unit: Chiricahua Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Granite
References:
  • Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 57, P104
  • Deposit:: DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 29
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