The Whitetop Hill Prospect is a mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Whitetop Hill Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Whitetop Hill Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Tantalum
Tertiary: REE
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Gold Hill District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THREE PIPE-LIKE ZONED PEGMATITES IN GRANITE
Comment (Workings): SMALL PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H. C., HARRER, C. M., SALSBURY, M. H., KONSELMAN, A. S., AND SHANNON, S. S., JR., 1966, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8298, 34P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, ELLIOT, 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, 213P.
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D. C., 1978, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1039.
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