Scales Creek Deposits 1936

The Scales Creek Deposits 1936 is a tin mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,598 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

Name: Scales Creek Deposits 1936  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Sierra

Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)

Commodity: Tin

Lat, Long: 33.40278, -107.91528

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Scales Creek Deposits 1936 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Scales Creek Deposits 1936
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Snowbank No. 1
Secondary: Snowbank No. 2


Commodity

Primary: Tin
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Zeolites


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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: De Lope, Inman, Bode, Hearn
Years: 1940 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1945
Year Last Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1936
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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Ore-Bearing Porphyritic Rhyolite Altered To Porous, White Rock.


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

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chalcedony


Comments

Comment (Commodity): ALTHOUGH TIN CONTENT MAY BE AS HIGH AS 12 POUNDS/TON, THE OREBEARING STRINGERS ARE TOO SMALL TO BE MINED SEPARATELY AND BULK MINING METHODS WOULD GREATLY REDUCE THE AVERAGE GRADE OF THE ORE.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN ZONES OF ALTERED RHYOLITE AS WIDELY SCATTERED, NORTHERLY TRENDING STRINGERS. THE STRINGERS RANGE FROM THIN FILMS TO ONE IN THICK AND FROM ONE FT. TO 30 FT. LONG. 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 40 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1947 CONSISTED OF 5 OPENCUTS, 9 TRENCHES AND 3 VERY SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE BLACK RANGE DISTRICT.

Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE BLACK RANGE IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST ON THE WEST SIDE OF SCALES CREEK JUST NORTH OF THE JUNCTION WITH TAYLOR CREEK.

Comment (Production): ESTIMATED TOTAL PRODUCTION OF 1350 POUNDS OF ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 50 % SN.


References

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 67-72

Reference (Deposit): VOLIN, M.E., RUSSELL, P.L., PRICE, F.L.C. AND MULLEN,D.H., 1947 USBM RI 4068, 60 PAGES.

Reference (Deposit): LUFKIN, J.L., 1977 AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL 62, P. 100-106

Reference (Deposit): FRIES, C., 1940 USGS BULL 922-M,P. 335-370

Reference (Production): M.E. VOLIN AND OTHERS, 1947 P. 9


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