The Black Hornet Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Santa Fe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,309 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,309 Feet (1,923 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 35.49389, -106.13833
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Black Hornet Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Hornet Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
District: Cerrillos District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. P. Fullerton And Frank Staplin
Home Office: Santa Fe, N.M.
Years: 1957 -
Owner Name: Sierra Metals Co.
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1944
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Faults And Shear Zones
Type: L
Description: Shear Zones
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Deposit): THERE WERE TWO THIN VEINS ENCOUNTERED AT DEPTH IN A ZONE OF SHEARING AND ALTERATION. THE EAST VEIN CONTAINS QUARTZ STRINGERS AND DISSEMINATED PYRITE, AND A SMALL SOLUTION CAVITY CONTAINING CRYSTALS OF AMETHYSTINE QUARTZ. THE WEST VEIN CONSISTS OF SEVERAL PARALLEL PLANES OF SHEARING, BETWEEN WHICH THE MONZONITE HAS BEEN HIGHLY ALTERED AND LIGHTLY MINERALIZED WITH PYRITE, QUARTZ AND CARBONATE, INCLUDING A LITTLE PALE PINK RHODOCHROSITE. A SMALL POCKET OF COFFEE-COLORED SPHALERITE WAS FOUND WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF GALENA.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100-FT SHAFT WITH SHORT CROSSCUTS THAT RUN EAST AND WEST. THE TWO VEINS WERE OPENED BY DRIFTING NORTH AND SOUTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): DISBROW, A.E. AND W.C. STOLL, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 57-58
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 30-33
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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