Commodities
PrimaryTin
TertiaryZeolites, Iron
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFissure-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Magnetite, Specularite
GangueChalcedony, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
AlterationOre-Bearing Porphyritic Rhyolite Altered To Porous, White Rock.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1945
Last production1945
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID10097794
MRDS IDD006810
Alternate namesClaims, Snowbank No. 1, Snowbank No. 2
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.40288, -107.91589
References
HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 67-72VOLIN, M.E., RUSSELL, P.L., PRICE, F.L.C. AND MULLEN,D.H., 1947 USBM RI 4068, 60 PAGES.LUFKIN, J.L., 1977 AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL 62, P. 100-106FRIES, C., 1940 USGS BULL 922-M,P. 335-370M.E. VOLIN AND OTHERS, 1947 P. 9