El Tigre Mine

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012500
MRDS ID D008155
Record type Site
Current site name El Tigre Mine
Alternate or previous names Nutter Lease: Claims, El Tigre, Black Wolf, Morning Flory, North Star

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.15809, 34.04065 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 15.5 MILES S 86 W OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 003S 003W 21 N2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Deposit Occurs In An Area Of Propylitic Alteration And Silicification.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kelly Limestone;Magdalena Group
    Rock description Kelly Limestone;Magdalena Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.15809, 34.04065

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit Occurs Along An Eastward-Striking Fault Of The North Fork Canyon Fault Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs In Favorable Host Rocks And Fractures Near Faults.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area: Water Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Interstate Metals Corp. Of California
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. A. Williams And J. A. Harrison
    First year 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF ONE SMALL OPENCUT AND ONE VERY SHORT TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KREWEDL, D.A., 1974, NMBMMR OFR-44, 139 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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