Franklin Mt Tin Deposits

Past Producer in El Paso county in Texas, United States with commodities Tin, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154673
MAS/MILS ID 0481410001
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin Mt Tin Deposits
Alternate or previous names El Paso Tin Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.48776, 31.93574 (WGS84)
Elevation 5081
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Franklin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Paso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Paso(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Fort Quitman(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Fort Quitman(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas El Paso

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.48776, 31.93574

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip 90N
    Thickness 15M
    Length 61M
    Width 0.5M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N65W:90N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 810728

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1899
Year of first production 1911

Mining district

District name Franklin Mountains

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHAUVENET, REGIS, 1910, FRANKLIN MT TIN PROSPECT. MINES AND

  • Deposit

    MINERALS, V 30, P 529-31.

  • Deposit

    CHAUVENET, R, 1911, TIN DEPOSITS OF EL PASO CO, TEXAS. MINES

  • Deposit

    MINERALS, V 32, P 111-2.

  • Deposit

    DINSMORE, CHARLES A, 1909, DEVELOPMENT OF A TEXAS TIN MINE.

  • Deposit

    WORLD, V 31, P 1120.

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, G B, 1909, DESCRIPTION OF THE EL PASO, TEXAS QUA

  • Deposit

    US GEOL SUR ATLAS FOLIO 166. P 9-10.

  • Deposit

    MT FRANKLIN TIN DEPOSIT, JAN 1943, USBM WAR MINERALS REPORT

  • Deposit

    AND CONFIDENTIAL) ON FILE AT USBM IFOC HDQTS DENVER FED. C

  • Deposit

    MT FRANKLIN TIN DEPOSIT, NOV 1944, USBM WAR MINERALS REPORT

  • Deposit

    AND CONFIDENTIAL) ON FILE AT USBM IFOC HDQTS DENVER FED C

  • Deposit

    WEED, W H, 1901, THE EL PASO TIN DEPOSITS. US GEOL SUR BULL

  • Deposit

    15 PP.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W H, 1903, TIN DEPOSITS AT EL PASO, TEXAS. US GEOL SUR

  • Deposit

    213 P 99-102.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESERVE ESTIMATIONS MADE BY A B NEEDHAM, DIST ENGR, USBM, IN JAN 1943 WAR MINERALS REPORT P. 4. MT FRANLIN TIN DEPOSITS COMPRISE 6 KNOWN VEINS FOUND WITHIN 3000 FT NORTH-SOUTH, AND 1500 FT EAST-WEST. CASSITERITE OC QUARTZ VEINS IN THE COARSE-GRAINED GRANITES AS WELL IN THE ITES ADJACENT TO THE QUARTZ VEINS. THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION CASSITERITE FOUND IN THE GRANITES NEXT TO QUARTZ VEINS (REPLACEMENT-TYPE DEPOSIT). DEPOSIT TONNAGE AND GRADE CONSIDERED TO BE TOO LOW TO BE OF ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 SHAFTS (ONE 75-FT AND TWO 30-FT D WITH 400 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT AND CUTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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