The Scales Creek Claim Group is a mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,700 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: 7,700 Feet (2,347 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 33.4203, -107.91440
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Scales Creek Claim Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Scales Creek Claim Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1936
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REFERENCE TO RECORD 080: DIMENSIONS DESCRIBE ALTERED RHYOLITE THAT CONTAINS SCATTERED CASSITERITE VEINLETS IN NARROW FRACTURES. MOST OF THE VEINLETS WERE LESS THAN 1/8 INCH THICK AND 1 FOOT LONG.
References
Reference (Deposit): NEW MEXICO: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES R. I. 4068, 60 PP.
Reference (Deposit): VOLIN, M. E., ET AL, 1947, CATRON AND SIERRA COUNTIES TIN DE
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