Ward Tungsten Mine

The Ward Tungsten Mine is a tungsten mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,701 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ward Tungsten Mine
Secondary: Baker-Standard Tungsten Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: San Simon 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Standard Tungsten Corp.
Home Office: Benson, Az.
Years: 1957 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Year Last Production: 1957
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: SCHEELITE OCCURS IN SMALL PODS ALONG A BEDDING PLANEFAULT IN LS 150,55

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE COTTON CITY TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): MINED FROM 15M DEEP SHAFT AND SMALL PITS IN 1954 AND1955. ORE AVERAGED 0.1%-0.2% WO3. OLDER WORKINGS PRODUCED ORE UP TO 3-4% WO3. PROBABLY A FEW HUNDRED METRIC TONS OF ORE WEREPRODUCED. ORE SAMPLED IN SHAFT RAN 2.5-5.0% WO3

Comment (Deposit): FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS (1957).

Comment (Workings): SHAFT 50 FT DEEP DOZER CUTS AND TEST PITS E G1 82 05

References

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): USBM RI 5517,P72; NMBMMR B.57,P152; RICHTER D H SIL VER CITY 2 SHEET SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION 1982

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 57, P 105

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 27-28

Reference (Deposit): ARMSTRONG, A.K., SILBERMAN, M.L., TODD, V.R., HOGGATT, W.C., AND CARTEN, R.B., 1978 NMBMMR CIRC 158, P.11, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1221

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