Hansonburg Mine

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Barium-Barite, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. 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 10101723
MRDS ID D007900
Record type Site
Current site name Hansonburg Mine
Alternate or previous names Louise-Halstead Mine, Portales Mine, Mccarthy Mine, Rim Rock Mine,, Blanchard Mine Or Oscura Mine: Claims, Halstead, Louise, Eva, Prairie Springs, Oscura, Calcite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.37474, 33.81704 (WGS84)
Elevation 1852
Relative position ABOUT 34 MILES S 62 E OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Spring Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oscura Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jornada Del Muerto(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 006S 005E 01 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Barite Ore
Covellite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Linarite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madera Limestone
    Rock description Madera Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.37474, 33.81704

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fracture Structural Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1962

Mining district

District name Oscura Mountains Area: Hansonburg District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine Mining Co.
    First year 1962
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hansonburg Mines, Inc.
    First year 1979

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 762M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1950'S CONSISTED OF A 1500 FT. ADIT, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, TRENCHES AND OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 203

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, W.D., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 123-124

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 63-73

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 175-176

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 125-126

  • Deposit

    ROEDDER, E., HEYL, A.V., AND CREEL, J.P., 1968 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 63, P. 335-348

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS COVERED BY AT LEAST 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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