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Hornet Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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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 10101823
MRDS ID D009760
Record type Site
Current site name Hornet Mine
Alternate or previous names Hornet Group: Claims Patented In 1892 and 1893, Bonanza, Nabob, First Northwest Extension Hornet
Related records 10296532

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.42533, 31.89681 (WGS84)
Elevation 1471
Relative position ABOUT 62 MILES S 08 W 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

Playas 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 028S 016W 01 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name U-Bar Formation
    Rock description U-Bar Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.42533, 31.89681
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

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 1877
Discoverer J. Threllkell, J.S. Boon And W.H. Case
Year of first production 1882
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gibralter Minerals Co.
    Home office Hachita, N.M.
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Carl Wilder
    Home office Hachita, N.M.
    First year 1950

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Period 1905 To 1958
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 4.26 Oz Ag/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 120g/mt
  • Year 1958
    Period 1907 To 1958
    Material ZN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 2.75% Zn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
  • Year 1958
    Period 1906 To 1958
    Material PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 2.36% Pb.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Lead Lead 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE FROM 1905 TO 1907, 1927, 1942 TO 1944, 1948 TO 1953 AND 1956 TO 1958.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1947 CONSISTED OF A 150 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH A WINZE TO THE 300 FT. LEVEL AND DRIFTS TOTALING ABOUT 1200 FT. IN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 335-337

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1938 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 33, NO 4, P. 365-389

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, P. 91

  • Deposit

    ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, P. 19-22, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 235, 236 AND 237 COVERING 59.165 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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