| 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 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.48776, 31.93574 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 5081 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | El Paso |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Feldspar | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Wolframite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -106.48776, 31.93574 |
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| Strike | N65W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 90N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 15M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 61M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 0.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1899 |
| Year of first production | 1911 |
| District name | Franklin Mountains |
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| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0481410001 |
CHAUVENET, REGIS, 1910, FRANKLIN MT TIN PROSPECT. MINES AND
MINERALS, V 30, P 529-31.
CHAUVENET, R, 1911, TIN DEPOSITS OF EL PASO CO, TEXAS. MINES
MINERALS, V 32, P 111-2.
DINSMORE, CHARLES A, 1909, DEVELOPMENT OF A TEXAS TIN MINE.
WORLD, V 31, P 1120.
RICHARDSON, G B, 1909, DESCRIPTION OF THE EL PASO, TEXAS QUA
US GEOL SUR ATLAS FOLIO 166. P 9-10.
MT FRANKLIN TIN DEPOSIT, JAN 1943, USBM WAR MINERALS REPORT
AND CONFIDENTIAL) ON FILE AT USBM IFOC HDQTS DENVER FED. C
MT FRANKLIN TIN DEPOSIT, NOV 1944, USBM WAR MINERALS REPORT
AND CONFIDENTIAL) ON FILE AT USBM IFOC HDQTS DENVER FED C
WEED, W H, 1901, THE EL PASO TIN DEPOSITS. US GEOL SUR BULL
15 PP.
WEED, W H, 1903, TIN DEPOSITS AT EL PASO, TEXAS. US GEOL SUR
213 P 99-102.
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Hite, Alan G. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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