The Ward Tungsten Mine is a tungsten mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,701 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.10861, -108.97944
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Ward Tungsten Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ward Tungsten Mine
Secondary: Baker-Standard Tungsten Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: San Simon 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Standard Tungsten Corp.
Home Office: Benson, Az.
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: SCHEELITE OCCURS IN SMALL PODS ALONG A BEDDING PLANEFAULT IN LS 150,55
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE COTTON CITY TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Production): MINED FROM 15M DEEP SHAFT AND SMALL PITS IN 1954 AND1955. ORE AVERAGED 0.1%-0.2% WO3. OLDER WORKINGS PRODUCED ORE UP TO 3-4% WO3. PROBABLY A FEW HUNDRED METRIC TONS OF ORE WEREPRODUCED. ORE SAMPLED IN SHAFT RAN 2.5-5.0% WO3
Comment (Deposit): FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS (1957).
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 50 FT DEEP DOZER CUTS AND TEST PITS E G1 82 05
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): USBM RI 5517,P72; NMBMMR B.57,P152; RICHTER D H SIL VER CITY 2 SHEET SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION 1982
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, P 105
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 27-28
Reference (Deposit): ARMSTRONG, A.K., SILBERMAN, M.L., TODD, V.R., HOGGATT, W.C., AND CARTEN, R.B., 1978 NMBMMR CIRC 158, P.11, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1221
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