Scheelite Group

The Scheelite Group is a tungsten mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 3,999 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Scheelite Group  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Hidalgo

Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 32.10556, -108.99722

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Scheelite Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Scheelite Group


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: San Simon


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: Unknown


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marbleization


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

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

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Spessartite
Gangue: Actinolite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): SKARN IN PENDANT OF LIMESTONE-COBBLE CONGLOMERATE IN TERTIARY GRANITE. THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1952.

Comment (Workings): ADIT 7M LONG AND OPEN CUT

Comment (Development): 1952


References

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, P104

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 29


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