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Seventy-Four Draw

Occurrence 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 10296668
MRDS ID D006811
MAS/MILS ID 0350510053
Record type Site
Current site name Seventy-Four Draw
Alternate or previous names Herns Claims
Related records 10094412

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.89391, 33.3723 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baily Points(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 011 S 010 W 04 W2 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) Gila Group, Formation, or Conglomerate
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 213M
    Width 213M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
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 070: MINOR AMOUNTS OF CASSITERITE COATS SPECULARITE IN IRREGULAR VEINLETS AS FILLINGS IN FRACTURES ROCK IS KAOLINIZED RHYOLITE PORPHYRY. REFERENCE TO RECORD 080: ENTIRE MINERALIZED ZONE RESEMBLES A OR STOCKWORK IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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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