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Buckhorn Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, Tellurium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013908
MRDS ID D010462
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn Mine
Alternate or previous names Wood Mine, Russell Mine, Barney Mine
Related records 10247136

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.4634, 31.84431 (WGS84)
Elevation 1821
Relative position ABOUT 38 MILES S 22 E OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hachita Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 028S 016W 27 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Tellurium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismutite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hell-To-Finish Formation
    Rock description Hell-To-Finish Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.4634, 31.84431
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 65 TO 70 W
    Dip 70 TO 90 NE
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Discoverer John Doyle And M.J. Hinton
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Sylvanite District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Mining Cont.
    Home office Hachita, N.M.
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sylvanite Gold Mining Co.
    Home office Cheyenne, Wy.
    First year 1940

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1934 To 1940
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.11% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Lead Lead 0wt-pct
  • Year 1940
    Period 1911 To 1940
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.76 % Cu.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1940
    Period 1911 To 1940
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.98 Oz Ag/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 28g/mt
  • Year 1940
    Period 1911 To 1940
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.48 Oz Au/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 14g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTAL PRIOR TO 1911 IS UNKNOWN. ACCURATE PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1911, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939 AND 1940. PRODUCTION BEGAN IN 1880'S AND CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1940.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1947 CONSISTED OF A SHAFT AND AN ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 338-341

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, P. 96-98

  • Deposit

    ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, P. 20, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 234 COVERING 19.055 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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