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Combination-Hobo Mines

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013428
MRDS ID D009712
Record type Site
Current site name Combination-Hobo Mines
Alternate or previous names Black Hawk Mine: Combination Group, Claims Patented In 1922, Combination, Woodrow Wilson, Independence, Good Hope: Hobo Group, Claims Patented In 1903, Hobo, 97

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.10394, 32.79678 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position ABOUT 10.5 MILES N 82 E OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rita Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 012W 29 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE HOBO MINE AS SHOWN ON THE SANTA RITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lake Valley Limestone;Oswaldo Formation
    Rock description Lake Valley Limestone;Oswaldo Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.10394, 32.79678
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along The Northeast Striking Hobo Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Replaced Favorable Host Rock Adjacent To A Large Fault Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Central District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Black Hawk Consolidated Mines Co. And American Smelting And Refining Co.
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.
    First year 1950

Production statistics

  • Year 1946
    Period 1938 To 1946
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Estimated Ore Grade 0.3% Cu.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
  • Year 1946
    Period 1938 To 1946
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Estimated Ore Grade 1.9% Pb.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major ORE Lead Lead 2wt-pct
  • Year 1946
    Period 1938 To 1946
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Estimated Ore Grade 9.6% Zn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major ORE Zinc Zinc 10wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1938 AND AFTER 1946 IS INCLUDED WITH OTHER MINES AS CUSTOM ORE AND NOT REPORTED SEPARATELY. IN 1948 THE COMBINATION-HOBO MINES WERE REPORTED TO BE PRODUCING 200 TONS OF ORE PER DAY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 198.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS SHAFTS UP TO 650 FT. DEEP AND CONTAINING EXTENSIVE DRIFTS AND STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 58-59

  • Deposit

    HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306

  • Deposit

    JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    ANDERSON, E. C., 1957, P. 57-58.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIX PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1102 AND 1844 COVERING 78.866 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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