The Ogre-Bogle is a tungsten mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.19028, -108.10500
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Ogre-Bogle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ogre-Bogle
Secondary: Tedfords Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Donald S. Tedford
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Helvite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): USBM
Comment (Workings): APPROXIMATELY 20 TEST PITS
Comment (Deposit): FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE EARLY 1950'S. TACTITE IN MONTOYA DOLOMITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAF MF-1175
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): DMA-243
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 36-38
Reference (Deposit): WARNER, L. A., HOLSER, W. T., AND WILMARTH, V. R., 1959, OCCURRENCES OF NONPEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 318,
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 84, P. 87-93
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