The Alpha Mine is a tungsten mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.36556, -108.37722
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Alpha Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alpha Mine
Secondary: Alpha Claim 1950's
Secondary: Scheelite Group 1939: Scheelite Nos. 1 To 6
Secondary: Great Republic Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Sunday
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Bound Ranch District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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. E. Mccray
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Year: 1950
Time Period: 1950'S
Year: 1939
Time Period: 1939
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Year Last Production: 1955
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DALE AND MCKINNEY, 1959, REPORTED A SAMPLE SELECTED BY ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT FROM THE BEST MATERIAL ASSAYED 4.28 % WO3 AND A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A DUMP ASSAYED 0.40 % WO3.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1034.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS 275 -280 ALONG CONTACT WITH AMPHIBOLITAND GNEISSIC GRANITE
Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT SEVERAL SMALL PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P 134
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 14-15
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1034
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): DALE AND MCKINNEY, 1959, P.15
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
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