Rice-Graves Tungsten Prospect

The Rice-Graves Tungsten Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,751 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Rice-Graves Tungsten Prospect
Secondary: Claim
Secondary: Moneatta No. 2

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Black Hawk District: Burro Mountains; Burro Spring Canyon Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Fayette Rice And O. Graves
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: F. Rice And O. Graves

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
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: 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: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Mica

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A VEIN OR SILICIFIED ZONE ABOUT 5 FT. WIDE WHICH PARALLELS THE SCHISTOSITY OF THE HOST ROCK. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 40 FT. SHAFT, SOME PITS, AN OPENCUT AND BULLDOZED TRENCHES.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLATE 1 OF NMBMMR BULL 60 AND USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264

References

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC FIELD STUDIES MF-1264

Reference (Deposit): HEWITT, C.H., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 60, P. 110-112

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 142

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 11-12

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