Beck Mine

The Beck Mine is a silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,400 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Beck Mine
Secondary: National Mine
Secondary: Hattie Lee Mine: National Group
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Inez
Secondary: Marion
Secondary: Yankee
Secondary: Gertrude
Secondary: Blue Mare
Secondary: Gold Standard
Secondary: Jessie
Secondary: Halcyon
Secondary: Montezuma
Secondary: Chicago

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Steins Pass District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Beck Silver Mines, Inc.
Home Office: P.O. Box 275, Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1981 -

Owner Name: Maud J. Fowles
Home Office: Hacita, N.M.
Years: 1936 -

Production

Year: 1936
Time Period: 1934-1936

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1936
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: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitic

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE NATIONAL MINE SHOWN ON THE SAN SIMON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION BUT EXACT AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Comment (Development): INTERMITTANTLY WORKED FROM INCLINED SHAFT UNTIL 1936. UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR CYANIDE LEACHING IN 1980.

Comment (Deposit): TEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS. VEIN AS MUCH AS 900 M. LONG, TRENDING WNW AND DIPPING 50-60N IN MIDDLE TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS. SOME OXIDIZED ORE IN UPPER LEVELS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A 300 FT. SHAFT WITH MORE THAN 5000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. SMALL MILL.

References

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W. E., 1963, NMBMMR OPEN-FILE REPORT, 781 P.

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 88

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1958 NMBMMR BULL 57, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W, GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P 329

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