Tungsten Hill Prospect

The Tungsten Hill Prospect is a lead and zinc mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,551 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Tungsten Hill Prospect  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Luna

Elevation: 4,551 Feet (1,387 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 32.18917, -108.10111

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Tungsten Hill Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tungsten Hill Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Beryllium


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Victorio 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: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: H. R. Eaton
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: Joe Long And Harry Stevens
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1950 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
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: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Helvite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Idocrase
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS IN 1950 CONSISTED OF AN 80 FT. SHAFT, A 20 FT. SHAFT, AN OPENCUT, TWO PITS AND MANY PROSPECT HOLES.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.

Comment (Deposit): TWO TACTITE BANDS ONE 200 FT LONG AND 20 FT WIDE, A SECOND BAND IS 500 FT LONG AND 10 FT WIDE.

Comment (Production): ONE CARLOAD (ABOUT 50 TONS) OF OXIDIZED PB-ZN ORE FROM A FISSURE IN LIMESTONE IS THE ONLY RECORDED PRODUCTION.


References

Reference (Deposit): WARNER, L. A., HOLSER, W. T., AND WILMARTH, V. R., 1959, OCCURENCES OF NONPEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 318, P 122-125

Reference (Deposit): HOLSER, W.T., 1952 USGS TRACE ELEMENTS INVESTIGATIONS REPORT NO 166, 23 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1175

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): HOLSER, W. T., 1953, BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN THE VICTORIO MOUNTAINS, LUNA COUNTY, N. MEX.: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 38, P. 599-611.

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G. B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 72, P 87-91


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