Mine detail: Scales Creek Deposits 1936

Previously called 'ClaimsSnowbank No. 1Snowbank No. 2'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.40288, -107.91589

Resource(B)

Primary:	Tin
Tertiary:	Zeolites, Iron
Ore:	Cassiterite, Magnetite, Specularite
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Quartz
Discovery year:	1936

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1945
Last production ended:	1945

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Ore-Bearing Porphyritic Rhyolite Altered To Porous, White Rock.

References

MRDS	D006810
DEP	10097794
Reference	{Deposit:: HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 67-72}{Deposit:: VOLIN, M.E., RUSSELL, P.L., PRICE, F.L.C. AND MULLEN,D.H., 1947 USBM RI 4068, 60 PAGES.}{Deposit:: LUFKIN, J.L., 1977 AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL 62, P. 100-106}{Deposit:: FRIES, C., 1940 USGS BULL 922-M,P. 335-370}{Production:: M.E. VOLIN AND OTHERS, 1947 P. 9}
Reporter	Menzie, David