The Name Unknown is a tungsten mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Name Unknown MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Name Unknown
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Black Hawk District (South Of)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY ADIT AND SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ EPIDOTE VEIN IN HORNBLENDE GNEISS
References
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D. C., 1980, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264
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