The Tungsten Hill Prospect is a lead and zinc mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,551 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,551 Feet (1,387 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.18917, -108.10111
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Tungsten Hill Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tungsten Hill Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Beryllium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Victorio 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: H. R. Eaton
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: Joe Long And Harry Stevens
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
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: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Helvite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Idocrase
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS IN 1950 CONSISTED OF AN 80 FT. SHAFT, A 20 FT. SHAFT, AN OPENCUT, TWO PITS AND MANY PROSPECT HOLES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): TWO TACTITE BANDS ONE 200 FT LONG AND 20 FT WIDE, A SECOND BAND IS 500 FT LONG AND 10 FT WIDE.
Comment (Production): ONE CARLOAD (ABOUT 50 TONS) OF OXIDIZED PB-ZN ORE FROM A FISSURE IN LIMESTONE IS THE ONLY RECORDED PRODUCTION.
References
Reference (Deposit): WARNER, L. A., HOLSER, W. T., AND WILMARTH, V. R., 1959, OCCURENCES OF NONPEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 318, P 122-125
Reference (Deposit): HOLSER, W.T., 1952 USGS TRACE ELEMENTS INVESTIGATIONS REPORT NO 166, 23 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1175
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): HOLSER, W. T., 1953, BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN THE VICTORIO MOUNTAINS, LUNA COUNTY, N. MEX.: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 38, P. 599-611.
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G. B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 72, P 87-91
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