Squaw Creek Placer - Lode 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174384
MAS/MILS ID 0350030004
Record type Site
Current site name Squaw Creek Placer - Lode Deposit
Alternate or previous names Squaw Creek Placer { Lode Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.96141, 33.4826 (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 011 W 34 NWSE 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

Main Entrance (1) -107.96141, 33.4826

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15W
    Dip 15W
    Thickness 60M
    Length 900M
    Width 600M
    Area 10HA
    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 N15W:15W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Comments on the geologic information

  • CASSITERITE FOUND IN RHYOLITE PORPHYRY EXPOSED ON NORTH SIDE DRAINAGE AND IS FOUND IN ALLUVIAL GRAVELS AS A PLACER DEPO REFERENCE TO RECORD 010: HEMATITE IS A DELETERIOUS MINERAL REFERENCE TO RECORD 050: AREA HAD BEEN INVESTIGATED BY U. S. SURVEY AND BUREAU OF MINES STAFF FOR ITS MINERAL POTENTIAL EARLY 1940S.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1940

Mining district

District name Taylor Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner La Cruz Development Co
    Interest 100
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    355-70.

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, GEORGE T., 1934, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SIE

  • 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

  • Deposit

    TIN DEPOSITS, NEW MEXICO: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES R. I. 4068

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUN-95 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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