Mine detail: Hiawatha Lode and Placer Deposit

Previously called 'Hardcastle Creek Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.4954, -107.87981

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Iron, Tin
Other material: Cassiterite, Hematite, Kaolinite
Discovery year: 1918

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1920

Geology

References

MAS350030003
DEP10198870
Reference{Deposit:: AVERAGE MINABLE GRADE AND QUANTITY FIGURES OBTAINED FROM FRI}{Deposit:: 1940, P. 370}{Deposit:: FRIES, CARL, 1940, TIN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK RANGE CATRON AN}{Deposit:: SIERRA COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO: U. S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 922-M}{Deposit:: PP. 355-370.}{Deposit:: HARLEY, GEORGE TOWNSEND, 1934, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF S}{Deposit:: COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 10, 2}{Deposit:: HARRINGTON, E. R., 1943, TIN IN NEW MEXICO: MINES MAGAZINE,}{Deposit:: N. 3., PP 123, 130.}{Deposit:: HILL, J. M., 1921, THE TAYLOR CREEK TIN DEPOSITS, NEW MEXICO}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 725, PP. 347-59.}{Deposit:: VOLIN, M. E., ET AL., 1947, CATRON AND SIERRA COUNTIES TIN}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS, NEW MEXICO: USBM R. I. 4068, 60 PP.}
ReporterHite, Alan G.