El Tigre Mine

The El Tigre Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,100 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: El Tigre Mine
Secondary: Nutter Lease: Claims
Secondary: El Tigre
Secondary: Black Wolf
Secondary: Morning Flory
Secondary: North Star

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena Mountains Area: Water Canyon District

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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: J. A. Williams And J. A. Harrison
Years: 1942 -

Owner Name: Interstate Metals Corp. Of California
Years: 1943 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Form: PODS AND SHOOTS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Deposit Occurs Along An Eastward-Striking Fault Of The North Fork Canyon Fault Zone.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Deposit Occurs In An Area Of Propylitic Alteration And Silicification.

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Barite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF ONE SMALL OPENCUT AND ONE VERY SHORT TUNNEL.

Comment (Deposit): 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

References

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): KREWEDL, D.A., 1974, NMBMMR OFR-44, 139 PAGES

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