| 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 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.87981, 33.4954 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2316 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Catron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 009 S | 010 W | 28 | C | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Kaolinite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -107.87981, 33.4954 |
|---|
| Strike | N00E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 90E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 4M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 2316M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 76M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 20HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1918 |
| Year of first production | 1920 |
| District name | Taylor Creek |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Paul Bellamy |
| Interest | 100 |
| Year | 1975 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0350030003 |
AVERAGE MINABLE GRADE AND QUANTITY FIGURES OBTAINED FROM FRI
1940, P. 370
FRIES, CARL, 1940, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK RANGE CATRON AN
SIERRA COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO: U. S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 922-M
PP. 355-370.
HARLEY, GEORGE TOWNSEND, 1934, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF S
COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 10, 2
HARRINGTON, E. R., 1943, TIN IN NEW MEXICO: MINES MAGAZINE,
N. 3., PP 123, 130.
HILL, J. M., 1921, THE TAYLOR CREEK TIN DEPOSITS, NEW MEXICO
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 725, PP. 347-59.
VOLIN, M. E., ET AL., 1947, CATRON AND SIERRA COUNTIES TIN
DEPOSITS, NEW MEXICO: USBM R. I. 4068, 60 PP.
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Hite, Alan G. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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