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Old Tin Mill Site, Taylor Creek Tin Mining District (Black Range Tin District), Sierra County, New Mexico, USAi
Regional Level Types
Old Tin Mill SiteMine Dump (Inactive)
Taylor Creek Tin Mining District (Black Range Tin District)Mining District
Sierra CountyCounty
New MexicoState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 25' 51'' North , 107° 54' 12'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.43111,-107.90361
GeoHash:
G#: 9tgq0tfyr
GRN:
N23W64
Type:
Mine Dump (Inactive) - last checked 2021
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Mindat Locality ID:
409179
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:409179:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


The site covers many acres southeast of Sawmill Tank around the old mill site. The area has been reforested; however numerous shallow strip pits, trenches, and piles cover the landscape. Several pieces of rusting mining equipment remain.

An ore stockpile was reported in the late 1960’s but it could not be found in 2021; it is assumed the ore was cassiterite. Little of interest to mineral collectors was found.

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References

Lufkin, J.L. (1972) Tin Mineralization within Rhyolite Flow-Domes, Black Range, New Mexico. Ph.D. thesis, Stamford University. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Open File Report 57, 148 pages plus maps.
geoinfo.nmt.edu (n.d.) https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/openfile/downloads/0-99/57/ofr_57.pdf
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