The Hardscrabble Mine is a zinc, lead, and copper mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 34.11333, -107.19639
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Hardscrabble Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hardscrabble Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1880's
Secondary: Hardscrabble
Secondary: Belcher
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena Mountains Area: Magdalena 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: Ian Mactavish
Home Office: Magdalena, N.M.
Years: 1958 -
Owner Name: Fermin Garro
Home Office: Socorro, N.M.
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1880
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: PODS, SHOOTS AND POCKETS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Hardscrabble Fault Strikes N 30 E And Forms The Eastern Boundary Of A Large Limestone Inclusion In The Anchor Canyon Stock.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Ore Deposits Occur In And Adjacent To A Highly Metamorphozed Limestone Inclusion.
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcanthite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): GEODETIC, UTM AND CADASTRAL LOCATIONS ARE FOR THE HARDSCRABBLE MINE SHOWN ON THE MAGDALENA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Deposit): 2 CLAIMS COVERING 31.8 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1916 CONSISTED OF ONE VERTICAL SHAFT ABOUT 135 FT. DEEP, 3 TUNNELS, SMALL STOPES AND SHALLOW WINZES.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 241-258
Reference (Deposit): LOUGHLIN, G.F., AND KOSCHMANN, A.H., 1942 USGS PP 200, 168 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): BLAKESTAD, R.B., JR., 1978 NMBMMR OFR-43, 127 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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