The Inman Tin Prospect 1940's is a iron and tin mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Iron, Tin
Lat, Long: 33.42028, -107.95806
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Inman Tin Prospect 1940's MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Inman Tin Prospect 1940's
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Paramount Nos. 1 To 8
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Tin
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Black Range District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Douglas Inman
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 19 CHANNEL SAMPLES RANGED FROM LESS THAN 0.05 % SN TO 0.25 % SN.
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Location): 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.
Comment (Workings): 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.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE BLACK RANGE DISTRICT.
Comment (Commodity): 17 OF THE 19 SAMPLES CONTAINED LESS THAN 0.05 % SN, USBM RI-4068, P. 54.
Comment (Development): USBM EXCAVATED 5 TRENCHES AND 2 OPEN CUTS IN THE 1940'S. 19 SAMPLES WERE TAKEN AND ANALYZED.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS SEVERAL SMALL VEINLETS IN SOFT, ALTERED RHYOLITE. 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): FRIES, C.JR., AND BUTLER, A.P., 1943 USGS PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK RANGE TIN DISTRICT
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 67-72
Reference (Deposit): FRIES, C. JR., 1940 USGS BULL 922-M, P. 355-370
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1921 USGS BULL 725, P. 347-359
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