The Eagle Point Tungsten Claims is a tungsten and molybdenum mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,902 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 31.76611, -108.45667
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Eagle Point Tungsten Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eagle Point Tungsten Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Sylvanite District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. H. Winslow And C. L. Buskirk
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1957 -
Owner Name: Reyner Mines, Inc.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPENCUT AND NUMEROUS TRENCHES
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON PLATE 1 OF NMBMMR BULL 96.
Comment (Deposit): SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM IC-5517, P. 18-22
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962 USGS MAP MR-25
Reference (Deposit): ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, P. 20, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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