Squaw Creek Placer { Lode Deposit

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

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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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