Hiawatha Lode and Placer Deposit

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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Mine Info

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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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