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Cuchillo Tin Deposits

Occurrence in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011903
MRDS ID D007091
Record type Site
Current site name Cuchillo Tin Deposits
Alternate or previous names Monticello Tin Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.49949, 33.3926 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 24 MILES N 39 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES., Within A Radius Of 3 Miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monticello(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Elephant Butte Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S;010S;011S;011S 006W;007W;006W;007W 19,29,30,31,32;24,25,26,35,36;05,06,07,08,18;01,02,11,12,13 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC, UTM AND ELEVATION VALUES ARE FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE DEPOSITS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF MONTICELLO, N.M..

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.49949, 33.3926
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposits Occur In Cooling Cracks And Fissures In Rhyolite Flows.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CUCHILLO DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Cuchillo District

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 123-124

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADJACENT TO FISSURE VEINS THE TIN IS PARTIALLY DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE RHYOLITE AND PLACER TIN OCCURS EAST TO ALAMOSA CREEK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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