Hillside Claims

The Hillside Claims is a tungsten mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,499 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hillside Claims
Secondary: Myers

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Bound Ranch District: Langford Mountains Area

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: J. H. Winslow, M. R. Hemley, And Y. E. Nichols
Years: 1957 -

Owner Name: George Myers
Years: 1940 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1945
Year Last Production: 1945
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: SCATTERED PODS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: DALE AND MCKINNEY, P.14, REPORTED ASSAYS FROM SEVEN SAMPLES TAKEN IN THE 1940'S WHICH RANGED FROM 0.01 TO 2.37 WO3

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): PRIOR TO 1941 REPORTEDLY WORKED FOR GOLD AND SILVER

Comment (Deposit): RATIO OF SCHEELITE TO WOLFRAMITE IS EST. TO BE 5:1

Comment (Workings): 3 SHAFTS DEEPEST 40 FT,A DRIFT OFF THIS IS 27 FT LONG

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE PROSPECT IN SECTION 26 AS SHOWN ON THE NINETYSIX RANCH TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): DALE AND MCKINNEY REPORTED THE TOTAL PRODUCTION AMOUNTED TO 650 LBS. OF HAND-SORTED TUNGSTEN ORE SHIPPED IN THE EARLY 1940'S.

References

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND D 96 RANCH QUAD,GRANT CO NM MF 1034

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P 131

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1034

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 13-14

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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