Alpha Mine

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

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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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