Combination-Hobo Mines

The Combination-Hobo Mines is a zinc, lead, copper, and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,299 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Combination-Hobo Mines
Secondary: Black Hawk Mine: Combination Group
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1922
Secondary: Combination
Secondary: Woodrow Wilson
Secondary: Independence
Secondary: Good Hope: Hobo Group
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1903
Secondary: Hobo
Secondary: 97

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Central 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: U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: Black Hawk Consolidated Mines Co. And American Smelting And Refining Co.
Years: 1940 -

Production

Year: 1946
Time Period: 1938 To 1946
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Estimated Ore Grade 0.3% Cu.
Year: 1946
Time Period: 1938 To 1946
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Estimated Ore Grade 1.9% Pb.
Year: 1946
Time Period: 1938 To 1946
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Estimated Ore Grade 9.6% Zn.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1952
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur Along The Northeast Striking Hobo Fault.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE HOBO MINE AS SHOWN ON THE SANTA RITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1938 AND AFTER 1946 IS INCLUDED WITH OTHER MINES AS CUSTOM ORE AND NOT REPORTED SEPARATELY. IN 1948 THE COMBINATION-HOBO MINES WERE REPORTED TO BE PRODUCING 200 TONS OF ORE PER DAY.

Comment (Deposit): SIX PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1102 AND 1844 COVERING 78.866 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS SHAFTS UP TO 650 FT. DEEP AND CONTAINING EXTENSIVE DRIFTS AND STOPES.

References

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 58-59

Reference (Deposit): HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306

Reference (Deposit): JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957, P. 57-58.

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