Mine detail: El Paso Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.93597, -106.48778

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Tertiary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Cassiterite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Limonite, Microcline, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphene, Topaz, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1899

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1909
Last production ended:	1912

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Red Bluff Granite
Associated type:	Granite
Alteration processes:	Scattered Silicification, Chloritization, Tourmalinization

References

MRDS	W701325
DEP	10085695
Reference	{Deposit:: PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.}{Deposit:: HARBOUR, 1972, USGS BULL 1298, P. 76-77.}{Deposit:: EXAMINED BY R.L. HARBOUR BETWEEN 1955 AND 1959}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: USGS BULL 1298, P. 76.}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.