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Hobo Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014768
MRDS ID D011700
Record type Site
Current site name Hobo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.10061, 32.79594 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rita Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(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
017S 012W 29 SE4 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Fierro-Hanover Stock
    Rock description Fierro-Hanover Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oswaldo
    Rock description Oswaldo

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.10061, 32.79594
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Hobo Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Of Limestone Along Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fierro-Hanover District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES INCLUDE BLACKHAWK MINE. AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE UNTIL 1930: 12% ZN, 2.5% PB, 0.5% CU, 68 G/T AG. REPORTEDLY ONE OF THE LARGEST DEPOSITS IN THE DISTRICT.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Comments on development

  • MAJOR PRODUCTION STARTED IN 1919 AND CONTINUED INTERMITTANTLY UNTIL 1953.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, W. R., AND HERNON, R. M., 1973, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE PB 214, 371, P. 41-42

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT BODIES IN THE PENNSYLVANIAN OSWALDO FORMATION ALONG THE NORTH END OF THE HOBO FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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