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Black Horse Mine

Past Producer in Colfax county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012972
MRDS ID D009014
Record type Site
Current site name Black Horse Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Horse Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.19389, 36.61615 (WGS84)
Elevation 3231
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 46.5 MILES S 65 W OF RATON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colfax(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Touch-Me-Not Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cimarron(hydrologic unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Colfax

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 028N 016E 35,36 NE (35); NW (36) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE OLD MINING CAMP OF BALDY ALONG A NORTHWEST TRENDING RIDGE SEPARATING UTE CREEK FROM BLACK HORSE CREEK. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.19389, 36.61615
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Is Confined To Veinlets And Small Seams In The Dike.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Baldy District: Baldy Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Maxwell Land Grant

Comments on the production information

  • USGS PP 68 REPORTED THAT DURING A PERIOD OF 15 YEARS SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF GOLD AND SILVER ORE WAS MILLED WITH A TOTAL VALUE ESTIMATED AT 27000 DOLLARS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 103.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A 340 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, A 1700 FT. TUNNEL AND ABOUT 800 FT. OF DRIFTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 97-98

  • Deposit

    PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946 NMBMMR OFR-15, P. 33-34

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    WANEK, A.A., AND OTHERS, 1964 USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-425

  • Deposit

    PETITT, R.F., JR., 1966 NMGS GUIDEBOOK SEVENTEENTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 66-75

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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