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Tingley Prospect

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012510
MRDS ID D008168
Record type Site
Current site name Tingley Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.16031, 34.01481 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 16 MILES S 80 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 28 SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Spears Formation
    Rock description Spears Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.16031, 34.01481
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs Along A Northerly-Trending Fault Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area: Water Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tingley
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF ADITS, CROSSCUTS AND WINZES TOTALING ABOUT 500 FT. OF WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 52

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

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

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