| Deposit ID | 10014735 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011638 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Black Hornet Mine |
| Related records | 10223904 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.1389, 35.49395 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1923 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 18.4 MILES S 40 W OF SANTA FE, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Fe(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Madrid(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Santa Fe |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 015N | 008E | 30 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Rhodochrosite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Espinosa Volcanics | ||||||||
| Rock description | Espinosa Volcanics | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite |
| Rock unit name | Espinosa Volcanics |
| Rock description | Espinosa Volcanics |
| (1) | -106.1389, 35.49395 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faults And Shear Zones |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Shear Zones |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | EAST VEIN: N 9 E; WEST VEIN; N 24 E |
| Dip | EAST VEIN: STEEPLY WEST; WEST VEIN: VARIABLE |
| Width | 0.91M |
| Depth to bottom | 30.48M |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | EAST VEIN: N 9 E; WEST VEIN; N 24 E |
| Dip | EAST VEIN: STEEPLY WEST; WEST VEIN: VARIABLE |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | EAST VEIN: STEEPLY WEST; WEST VEIN: VARIABLE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1944 |
| Discoverer | Sierra Metals Co. |
| District name | Cerrillos District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Sierra Metals Co. |
| First year | 1957 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. P. Fullerton And Frank Staplin |
| Home office | Santa Fe, N.M. |
| First year | 1957 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 76.2M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011638 |
DISBROW, A.E. AND W.C. STOLL, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 57-58
ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 30-33
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THERE WERE TWO THIN VEINS ENCOUNTERED AT DEPTH IN A ZONE OF SHEARING AND ALTERATION. THE EAST VEIN CONTAINS QUARTZ STRINGERS AND DISSEMINATED PYRITE, AND A SMALL SOLUTION CAVITY CONTAINING CRYSTALS OF AMETHYSTINE QUARTZ. THE WEST VEIN CONSISTS OF SEVERAL PARALLEL PLANES OF SHEARING, BETWEEN WHICH THE MONZONITE HAS BEEN HIGHLY ALTERED AND LIGHTLY MINERALIZED WITH PYRITE, QUARTZ AND CARBONATE, INCLUDING A LITTLE PALE PINK RHODOCHROSITE. A SMALL POCKET OF COFFEE-COLORED SPHALERITE WAS FOUND WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF GALENA. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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