Hornet Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10296532
MRDS ID D009760
MAS/MILS ID 0350170281
Record type Site
Current site name Hornet Mine
Related records 10101823

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.42561, 31.89514 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 028 S 016 W 01 SESE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.42561, 31.89514

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gibraltar Minerals Co
    Home office Texas
    Year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AT LEAST 30000 TONS SHIPPED 1877-1958

  • Deposit

    CARBONATE & SULFIDE ORES

  • Deposit

    MILL ON PROPERTY 1958

  • Deposit

    ADDITIONAL ORE BODY AT DEPTH KNOWN TO EXIST

  • Deposit

    LASKY USGS PP 208

  • Deposit

    ZELLER NMBMMR BULLETIN 96

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references