Inman Tin Prospect 1940's

Occurrence in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Tin, Iron
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011909
MRDS ID D007100
Record type Site
Current site name Inman Tin Prospect 1940's
Alternate or previous names Claims, Paramount Nos. 1 To 8
Related records 10126350

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.95867, 33.42038 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 46 MILES N 64 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

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 010S 011W 22 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED NORTH OF TAYLOR CREEK ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF PARAMOUNT CANYON ABOUT 1100 FT. SOUTHEAST OF STATE ROUTE 185 IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 17 OF THE 19 SAMPLES CONTAINED LESS THAN 0.05 % SN, USBM RI-4068, P. 54.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Analytical data

Result 19 CHANNEL SAMPLES RANGED FROM LESS THAN 0.05 % SN TO 0.25 % SN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.95867, 33.42038

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTH
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture-Fissure Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE BLACK RANGE DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939

Mining district

District name Black Range District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Douglas Inman
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1947 CONSISTED OF USBM EXPLORATORY CUTS; ONE TRENCH 100 FT. LONG, 2 TRENCHES ABOUT 40 FT. LONG AND 4 CUTS LESS THAN 10 FT. LONG.

Comments on development

  • USBM EXCAVATED 5 TRENCHES AND 2 OPEN CUTS IN THE 1940'S. 19 SAMPLES WERE TAKEN AND ANALYZED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS SEVERAL SMALL VEINLETS IN SOFT, ALTERED RHYOLITE. 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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