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Scales Creek Claim Group

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Iron, Tin
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10175361
MRDS ID D006810
MAS/MILS ID 0350510052
Record type Site
Current site name Scales Creek Claim Group
Related records 10097794

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -107.91501, 33.4204 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010 S 010 W 30 N2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -107.91501, 33.4204
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 90W
    Thickness 10M
    Length 518M
    Width 100M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N00E:90W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936

Mining district

District name Taylor Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VOLIN, M. E., ET AL, 1947, CATRON AND SIERRA COUNTIES TIN DE

  • Deposit

    NEW MEXICO: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES R. I. 4068, 60 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REFERENCE TO RECORD 080: DIMENSIONS DESCRIBE ALTERED RHYOLITE THAT CONTAINS SCATTERED CASSITERITE VEINLETS IN NARROW FRACTURES. MOST OF THE VEINLETS WERE LESS THAN 1/8 INCH THICK AND 1 FOOT LONG.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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