Whitetop Hill Prospect

The Whitetop Hill Prospect is a mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Whitetop Hill Prospect

Commodity

Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Tantalum
Tertiary: REE

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Gold Hill District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Beryl

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THREE PIPE-LIKE ZONED PEGMATITES IN GRANITE

Comment (Workings): SMALL PITS

References

Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H. C., HARRER, C. M., SALSBURY, M. H., KONSELMAN, A. S., AND SHANNON, S. S., JR., 1966, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8298, 34P.

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, ELLIOT, 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, 213P.

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D. C., 1978, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1039.

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