The Hiawatha Lode and Placer Deposit is a mine located in Catron 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
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 33.4953, -107.87920
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Hiawatha Lode and Placer Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hiawatha Lode and Placer Deposit
Secondary: Hardcastle Creek Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Tin
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: Paul Bellamy
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1920
Discovery Year: 1918
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 (Deposit): REFERENCE TO RECORD 010: IRON OXIDE IS A DELETERIOUS MINERAL AREA HAD BEEN INVESTIGATED BOTH BY US GEOL SURVEY AND BUR. O STAFF FOR ITS TIN POTENIAL IN THE EARLY 1940S. REFERENCE TO RECORD 060: CASSITERITE FOUND WITH HEMATITE IN SEMI-IRREGULAR STRINGERS CONTAINED IN STRONGLY KAOLINIZED RHYLOLITE PORPHYRY. CASSITERITE FOUND IN HARDCASTLE CRK GRAVEL BEDS DOWNSTREAM F WHERE CASSITERITE OUTCROPS. REFERENCE TO RECORD 080: AVERAGE LENGTH OF MINERAL ZONE PERT LENGTH OF PLACER DEPOSIT. STRIKE AND DIP PERTAIN TO CASSIT VEINS IN PHYOLITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, GEORGE TOWNSEND, 1934, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF S
Reference (Deposit): PP. 355-370.
Reference (Deposit): SIERRA COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO: U. S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 922-M
Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS, NEW MEXICO: USBM R. I. 4068, 60 PP.
Reference (Deposit): VOLIN, M. E., ET AL., 1947, CATRON AND SIERRA COUNTIES TIN
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 725, PP. 347-59.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1921, THE TAYLOR CREEK TIN DEPOSITS, NEW MEXICO
Reference (Deposit): N. 3., PP 123, 130.
Reference (Deposit): HARRINGTON, E. R., 1943, TIN IN NEW MEXICO: MINES MAGAZINE,
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 10, 2
Reference (Deposit): FRIES, CARL, 1940, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK RANGE CATRON AN
Reference (Deposit): 1940, P. 370
Reference (Deposit): AVERAGE MINABLE GRADE AND QUANTITY FIGURES OBTAINED FROM FRI
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