Mine detail: Franklin Mt Tin Deposits

Previously called 'El Paso Tin Deposits'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.93574, -106.48776

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Tin, Tungsten
Other material: Cassiterite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Quartz, Wolframite
Discovery year: 1899

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1911

Geology

References

MAS481410001
DEP10154673
Reference{Deposit:: CHAUVENET, REGIS, 1910, FRANKLIN MT TIN PROSPECT. MINES AND}{Deposit:: MINERALS, V 30, P 529-31.}{Deposit:: CHAUVENET, R, 1911, TIN DEPOSITS OF EL PASO CO, TEXAS. MINES}{Deposit:: MINERALS, V 32, P 111-2.}{Deposit:: DINSMORE, CHARLES A, 1909, DEVELOPMENT OF A TEXAS TIN MINE.}{Deposit:: WORLD, V 31, P 1120.}{Deposit:: RICHARDSON, G B, 1909, DESCRIPTION OF THE EL PASO, TEXAS QUA}{Deposit:: US GEOL SUR ATLAS FOLIO 166. P 9-10.}{Deposit:: MT FRANKLIN TIN DEPOSIT, JAN 1943, USBM WAR MINERALS REPORT}{Deposit:: AND CONFIDENTIAL) ON FILE AT USBM IFOC HDQTS DENVER FED. C}{Deposit:: MT FRANKLIN TIN DEPOSIT, NOV 1944, USBM WAR MINERALS REPORT}{Deposit:: AND CONFIDENTIAL) ON FILE AT USBM IFOC HDQTS DENVER FED C}{Deposit:: WEED, W H, 1901, THE EL PASO TIN DEPOSITS. US GEOL SUR BULL}{Deposit:: 15 PP.}{Deposit:: WEED, W H, 1903, TIN DEPOSITS AT EL PASO, TEXAS. US GEOL SUR}{Deposit:: 213 P 99-102.}
ReporterHite, Alan G.