The Beaver Creek Kemp Mesa Claims is a mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,801 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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 33.3647, -108.11110
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Beaver Creek Kemp Mesa Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beaver Creek Kemp Mesa Claims
Secondary: Pavlet and Corder Claims
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
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: Hematite
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Andalusite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIN VEINLETS OF CASSITERITE-HEMATITE ARE EXPOSED IN ALTERED RHYOLITE PORPHYRY.
References
Reference (Deposit): MEXICO: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES R. I. 4068, 60 PP.
Reference (Deposit): VOLIN, M. E., 1947, CATRON AND SIERRA COUNTIES TIN DEPOSITS,
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 725, PP. 347-49
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1921, THE TAYLOR CREEK TIN DEPOSITS, NEW MEXICO
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