Mine detail: Scheelite Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 32.10569, -108.99785

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Actinolite, Spessartite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Chiricahua Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Granite
Alteration processes:Marbleization

References

MRDSD003301
DEP10094263
Reference{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}
ReporterRichter, D. H.