Mine detail: Cuchillo Tin Deposits

Previously called 'Monticello Tin Deposits'

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.3926, -107.49949
dep_id: 10011903
mrds_id: D007091
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cassiterite
gangue: Chalcedony
ore_ctrl: Deposits Occur In Cooling Cracks And Fissures In Rhyolite Flows.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
References:
  • Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 123-124
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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