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Black Hawk Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Cobalt, Uranium, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067835
MRDS ID W000695
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hawk Mine
Alternate or previous names Solid Silver Mine: Black Hawk Group Claims Patented In the Late, 1880's and Early 1890's, Black Hawk, Suprise, Little Rhody, Silver Glance, Cornucopia, Chicago, Extension, Kent County

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.49868, 32.72594 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Relative position ABOUT 13.5 MILES S 74 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

Wind Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018S 016W 21 CENTER New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE BLACK HAWK SHAFT NO. 1 SHOWN ON THE WIND MOUNTAIN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Niccolite Ore
Nickel Skutterudite Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Silver Ore
Skutterudite Ore
Smaltite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result A 100 LB. SAMPLE FROM THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE MINE CONTAINED 2542 OZ AG/TON
Result 8.8 % ZN
Result 8.9 % NI
Result 0.9 % CO.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Twin Peaks Monzonite
    Rock description Twin Peaks Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.49868, 32.72594
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along A Northeast Striking Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 65 TO 70 E
    Dip 60 TO 70 NW
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN, STRIKE N. 70 DEG.E., DIP 65 DEG. NW, IN QUARTZ DIORITE GNEISS SE. OF MONZONITE PORPHYRY. KNOWN FOR 1000 FT. ON STRIKE AND 700 FT. DOWN DIP. OREMATERIALS IN CARBONATE-QUARTZ-BARITE GANGUE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Year of first production 1881
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name Black Hawk District: Burro Mountains; Bullard Peak Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Black Hawk Mining And Milling Co.
    Last year 1919
  • Type Owner
    Owner Black Hawk Consolidated Mines Co.
    Home office Box 2518, Silver City, Nm 88061
    First year 1919
  • Type Operator
    Owner Black Hawk Solid Silver Mining Co.
    First year 1918

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Period 1919-1920
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2.66 Opt Ag, 0.8% Cu, 1.91% Zn, 18.29% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 18wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 2wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 75g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION VALUE FOR SILVER ORES PRODUCED SINCE 1881 HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AS 600000 TO 650000 DOLLARS. PRODUCTION BEFORE 1905 PUT AT $600,000.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESRVES UNKNOWN, BUT PROBABLY MODERATE FOR WHOLE DISTRICT; OVER 20,000 FT. OF POSSIBLE VEINS PRESENT. 500,000 LBS. COBALT GEOLOGICALLY INFERRED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1916 CONSISTED OF FOUR SHAFTS, A DEEP WINZE, SEVERAL RAISES, ABOUT 3000 FT. OF DRIFTING ON TEN WORKING LEVELS AND EXTENSIVE STOPING ABOVE THE SECOND LEVEL AND BETWEEN THE SIXTH AND EIGHTH LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 324-325

  • Deposit

    LEACH, A.A., 1916 ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., VOL 102, P. 456

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., AND WHITEBREAD, D.H., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-K, P. 283-313

  • Deposit

    LOVERING, T.G., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-L, P. 351

  • Deposit

    HEWITT, C.H., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 60, P. 115-116

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 142-146, P. 148-149, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1031

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    FINLAY, J.R., 1922, REPORT OF APPRAISAL OF MINING PROPERTIES OF NEW MEXICO: SANTA FE, CATHOLIC PUB. CO., 154 P.

  • Production

    FINLAY (1922)

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS, PODS AND IRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS RANGING FROM 3 TO 10 FT WIDE, UP TO 400 FT. ALONG STRIKE AND UP TO 150 FT. DOWN DIP. EIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 364, 365, 366, 367, 770, 771, 772 AND 778 COVERING 75.458 ACRES.
Deposit 100 POUND SAMPLE FROM BOTTOM LEVEL GAVE 2542 OZ. AG, 8.8% ZN, 8.9% NI, 0.9% CO. AVERAGE RATIO NI: CO= 5.6:1. DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D003014 BY J. WILLIAM HASLER, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS, HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Coury, Anny B. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-DEC-1977 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 25-OCT-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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