Commodities
TertiaryTungsten, Tin
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsCassiterite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Quartz, Wolframite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1911
Discovery year1899
Identification
Deposit ID10154673
Alternate namesEl Paso Tin Deposits
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.93574, -106.48776
References
CHAUVENET, REGIS, 1910, FRANKLIN MT TIN PROSPECT. MINES ANDMINERALS, V 30, P 529-31.CHAUVENET, R, 1911, TIN DEPOSITS OF EL PASO CO, TEXAS. MINESMINERALS, V 32, P 111-2.DINSMORE, CHARLES A, 1909, DEVELOPMENT OF A TEXAS TIN MINE.WORLD, V 31, P 1120.RICHARDSON, G B, 1909, DESCRIPTION OF THE EL PASO, TEXAS QUAUS GEOL SUR ATLAS FOLIO 166. P 9-10.MT FRANKLIN TIN DEPOSIT, JAN 1943, USBM WAR MINERALS REPORTAND CONFIDENTIAL) ON FILE AT USBM IFOC HDQTS DENVER FED. CMT FRANKLIN TIN DEPOSIT, NOV 1944, USBM WAR MINERALS REPORTAND CONFIDENTIAL) ON FILE AT USBM IFOC HDQTS DENVER FED CWEED, W H, 1901, THE EL PASO TIN DEPOSITS. US GEOL SUR BULL15 PP.WEED, W H, 1903, TIN DEPOSITS AT EL PASO, TEXAS. US GEOL SUR213 P 99-102.