The Tingley Prospect is a silver mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 34.01472, -107.15972
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Tingley Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tingley Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena Mountains Area: Water Canyon 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Tingley
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1945
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Mineralization Occurs Along A Northerly-Trending Fault Zone.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF ADITS, CROSSCUTS AND WINZES TOTALING ABOUT 500 FT. OF WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): KREWEDL, D.A., 1974 NMBMMR OFR-44, 139 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 52
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