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Black Hill Mine

Past Producer in Hudspeth county in Texas, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085807
MRDS ID W701460
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Dick Love
Related records 10178468

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.14996, 30.9024 (WGS84)
Relative position 21 MI (33 KM) SW OF VAN HORN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudspeth(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Mountains NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Indian Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marfa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cibolo-Red Light(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hudspeth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bluff Formation
    Rock description Bluff Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.14996, 30.9024
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike ENE, N35W
    Dip STEEP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • One Vein Along Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE FAULT HAS HORIZONTAL SLICKENSIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1923
Year of last production 1933
Production years 1923, 1933

Mining district

District name Eagle Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION: PROBABLY LESS THAN 200 TONS. SEVERAL CARLOADS OF LEAD ORE CONTAINING 1000 TO 1600 OZ AG AND SOME AU SHIPPED 1923.

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE TWO SHAFTS, ONE ADIT, AND "EXTENSIVE" UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 987, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    EXAMINED BY H.E. ROTHROCK AND ELLIOT GILLERMAN BETWEEN 1943 AND 1946

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN VEIN STRIKING ENE, ANOTHER VEIN ALONG STEEPLY DIPPING FAULT STRIKING N35W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1992 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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