| Deposit ID | 10087870 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010498 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Black Hawk Mine |
| Related records | 10199415 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.7856, 31.90514 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1379 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 25 MILES S 04 W OF DEMING. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Luna(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
West Lime Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Columbus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
El Paso(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mimbres(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Luna |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 028S | 009W | 05 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 60 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18c |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Zn-Pb |
| Mark3 model number | 22 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Tres Hermanas Stock | ||||
| Rock description | Tres Hermanas Stock | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite |
| (1) | -107.7856, 31.90514 |
|---|
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | BLACK HAWK VEIN N 75 E |
| Dip | 75 SE |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1950 |
| Year of last production | 1957 |
| District name | Tres Hermanas District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Jack Greenfield, Deming, N.M. ; Western Minerals Co. |
| First year | 1959 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Joe Dechert And Associates |
| Home office | Deming, N.M. |
| First year | 1958 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010498 |
GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P:56-59, PLATE 1
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 68
BALK, ROBERT, 1962 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-16
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1958. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1983 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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