The Squaw Creek Placer { Lode Deposit is a mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 33.4825, -107.96080
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Squaw Creek Placer { Lode Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Squaw Creek Placer { Lode Deposit
Secondary: Squaw Creek Placer - Lode Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Catron
District: Taylor Creek
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: La Cruz Development Co
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Geology): 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 10, 2
Reference (Deposit): 355-70.
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, GEORGE T., 1934, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SIE
Reference (Deposit): SIERRA COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 922-
Reference (Deposit): FRIES, CARL, 1940, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK RANGE, CATRON A
Reference (Deposit): TIN DEPOSITS, NEW MEXICO: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES R. I. 4068
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 725, PP. 347-59.
Reference (Deposit): VOLIN, M. E., ET. AL., 1947, CATRON AND SIERRA COUNTIES
Reference (Deposit): N. 3, PP. 123, 130.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1921, THE TAYLOR CREEK TIN DEPOSITS, NEW MEXICO
Reference (Deposit): HARRINGTON, E. R., 1943, TIN IN NEW MEXICO: MINES MAGAZINE,
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