The Hillside Claims is a tungsten mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.36222, -108.45778
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Hillside Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hillside Claims
Secondary: Myers
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Bound Ranch District: Langford Mountains Area
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: J. H. Winslow, M. R. Hemley, And Y. E. Nichols
Years: 1957 -
Owner Name: George Myers
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1945
Year Last Production: 1945
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: SCATTERED PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DALE AND MCKINNEY, P.14, REPORTED ASSAYS FROM SEVEN SAMPLES TAKEN IN THE 1940'S WHICH RANGED FROM 0.01 TO 2.37 WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): PRIOR TO 1941 REPORTEDLY WORKED FOR GOLD AND SILVER
Comment (Deposit): RATIO OF SCHEELITE TO WOLFRAMITE IS EST. TO BE 5:1
Comment (Workings): 3 SHAFTS DEEPEST 40 FT,A DRIFT OFF THIS IS 27 FT LONG
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE PROSPECT IN SECTION 26 AS SHOWN ON THE NINETYSIX RANCH TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Production): DALE AND MCKINNEY REPORTED THE TOTAL PRODUCTION AMOUNTED TO 650 LBS. OF HAND-SORTED TUNGSTEN ORE SHIPPED IN THE EARLY 1940'S.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND D 96 RANCH QUAD,GRANT CO NM MF 1034
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P 131
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1034
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 13-14
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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