New Mexico · Sierra County
Occurrence

Seventy-Four Draw Deposits 1936

Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
TinIron
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Commodities
PrimaryTin
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFissure-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Specularite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureIntense Fracturing Of Rhyolite Resembles Fault Breccia.
AlterationRhyolite Partly Altered To A White Rock.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10094412
MRDS IDD006811
Alternate namesClaims, Chloride Nos. 1 To 7
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.36204, -107.89394
References
HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 67-72FRIES, C., 1940 USGS BULL 922-M, P. 335-370VOLIN, M.E., RUSSELL, P.L., PRICE, F.L.C. AND MULLEN, D.H., 1947 USBM RI4068, 60 PAGES.LUFKIN, J.L., 1977 AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL 62, P. 100-106