| Deposit ID | 10097794 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D006810 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Scales Creek Deposits 1936 |
| Alternate or previous names | Claims, Snowbank No. 1, Snowbank No. 2 |
| Related records | 10175361 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.91589, 33.40288 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2316 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 44 MILES N 63 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sierra(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Taylor Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gila(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Gila National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Sierra |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 010S | 010W | 30 | S2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tin Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Zeolites | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Specularite | Ore |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -107.91589, 33.40288 |
|---|
| Thickness | 0.03M |
|---|---|
| Length | 9.14M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1936 |
| Year of first production | 1945 |
| Year of last production | 1945 |
| District name | Black Range District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | De Lope, Inman, Bode, Hearn |
| First year | 1940 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D006810 |
HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 67-72
VOLIN, M.E., RUSSELL, P.L., PRICE, F.L.C. AND MULLEN,D.H., 1947 USBM RI 4068, 60 PAGES.
LUFKIN, J.L., 1977 AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL 62, P. 100-106
FRIES, C., 1940 USGS BULL 922-M,P. 335-370
M.E. VOLIN AND OTHERS, 1947 P. 9
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS OCCUR IN ZONES OF ALTERED RHYOLITE AS WIDELY SCATTERED, NORTHERLY TRENDING STRINGERS. THE STRINGERS RANGE FROM THIN FILMS TO ONE IN THICK AND FROM ONE FT. TO 30 FT. LONG. 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 40 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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