Tingley Prospect

The Tingley Prospect is a silver mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,799 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tingley Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Tingley
Years: 1940 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1945
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Mineralization Occurs Along A Northerly-Trending Fault Zone.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF ADITS, CROSSCUTS AND WINZES TOTALING ABOUT 500 FT. OF WORKINGS.

References

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 52

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