Eagle Point Tungsten Claims

The Eagle Point Tungsten Claims is a tungsten and molybdenum mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,902 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Eagle Point Tungsten Claims

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Sylvanite District

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: J. H. Winslow And C. L. Buskirk
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1957 -

Owner Name: Reyner Mines, Inc.
Years: 1943 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1940
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: Pliocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPENCUT AND NUMEROUS TRENCHES

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON PLATE 1 OF NMBMMR BULL 96.

Comment (Deposit): SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

References

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM IC-5517, P. 18-22

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

Reference (Deposit): ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, P. 20, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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