Hiawatha Lode and Placer Deposit

Past Producer in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Iron, Tin
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198870
MAS/MILS ID 0350030003
Record type Site
Current site name Hiawatha Lode and Placer Deposit
Alternate or previous names Hardcastle Creek Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.87981, 33.4954 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(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 Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 009 S 010 W 28 C New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.87981, 33.4954

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 90E
    Thickness 4M
    Length 2316M
    Width 76M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N00E:90E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Year of first production 1920

Mining district

District name Taylor Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul Bellamy
    Interest 100
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERAGE MINABLE GRADE AND QUANTITY FIGURES OBTAINED FROM FRI

  • Deposit

    1940, P. 370

  • Deposit

    FRIES, CARL, 1940, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK RANGE CATRON AN

  • Deposit

    SIERRA COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO: U. S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 922-M

  • Deposit

    PP. 355-370.

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, GEORGE TOWNSEND, 1934, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF S

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 10, 2

  • Deposit

    HARRINGTON, E. R., 1943, TIN IN NEW MEXICO: MINES MAGAZINE,

  • Deposit

    N. 3., PP 123, 130.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1921, THE TAYLOR CREEK TIN DEPOSITS, NEW MEXICO

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 725, PP. 347-59.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, NEW MEXICO: USBM R. I. 4068, 60 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REFERENCE TO RECORD 010: IRON OXIDE IS A DELETERIOUS MINERAL AREA HAD BEEN INVESTIGATED BOTH BY US GEOL SURVEY AND BUR. O STAFF FOR ITS TIN POTENIAL IN THE EARLY 1940S. REFERENCE TO RECORD 060: CASSITERITE FOUND WITH HEMATITE IN SEMI-IRREGULAR STRINGERS CONTAINED IN STRONGLY KAOLINIZED RHYLOLITE PORPHYRY. CASSITERITE FOUND IN HARDCASTLE CRK GRAVEL BEDS DOWNSTREAM F WHERE CASSITERITE OUTCROPS. REFERENCE TO RECORD 080: AVERAGE LENGTH OF MINERAL ZONE PERT LENGTH OF PLACER DEPOSIT. STRIKE AND DIP PERTAIN TO CASSIT VEINS IN PHYOLITE.

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.