Zelma Tungsten Prospect

The Zelma Tungsten Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,152 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Zelma Tungsten Prospect
Secondary: Zelma Group

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Bismuth

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Black Hawk District: Burro Mountains; Bullard Peak 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: Dave Osmer
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1961 -

Owner Name: Jack Mercer
Years: 1955 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1935
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: VEINLETS AND PODS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): DALE AND MCKINNEY REPORTED 975 LBS. OF CONCENTRATES ASSAYING 62% W03 PRODUCED IN 1953 AND ABOUT 200 TONS OF LOW-GRADE ORE PRODUCED IN 1954 AND 1955.

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A QUARTZ VEIN, AND OCCURS IN VEINLETS AND PODS UP TO 10 IN. WIDE. FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT LOCATED ON THE SECTION LINE BETWEEN SECTIONS 32 AND 33 AS SHOWN ON THE REDROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Commodity): OWNER REPORTED OCCURRENCE OF BISMUTH IS UNVERIFIED.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF A 70 FT. ADIT, A 25 FT. SHAFT, A FEW SHALLOW OPENCUTS AND PROSPECT PITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 8-9

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 138-139, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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

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