The Grandview Canyon District is a tungsten and bismuth mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Grandview Canyon District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grandview Canyon District
Secondary: Grandview Canyon Tungsten/Bismuth Deposits: Stone Prospect: Pioneer Mine
Secondary: Greenback Mine
Secondary: Grandview Mine: Principal Claims: Pioneer Group
Secondary: Pioneer
Secondary: North Pioneer
Secondary: South Pioneer
Secondary: East Pioneer
Secondary: West Pioneer
Secondary: Yankee Middy
Secondary: Chief Group
Secondary: Apache No 1
Secondary: Apache No 2
Secondary: Chief No 1
Secondary: Chief No 2
Secondary: Rainbow
Secondary: Zane Gray Group
Secondary: Zane Gray No. 1, 2, 3, 4
Secondary: TUNGSTEN NO 1 and 2
Secondary: Greenback
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Bismuth
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: GRANDVIEW CANYON DISTRICT
Land Status
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Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: LODE (LENSES AND VEINS)
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1907
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR, 1965, BULL 87, P202, P243, P371
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932, NEW MEX. BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RES., BULL. 8.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
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