Buckhorn Mine

The Buckhorn Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,974 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Buckhorn Mine
Secondary: Wood Mine
Secondary: Russell Mine
Secondary: Barney Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Bismuth
Secondary: Tellurium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Sylvanite 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

Ownership

Owner Name: Sylvanite Gold Mining Co.
Home Office: Cheyenne, Wy.
Years: 1940 -

Owner Name: Western Mining Cont.
Home Office: Hachita, N.M.
Years: 1940 -

Production

Year: 1940
Time Period: 1934 To 1940
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.11% Pb
Year: 1940
Time Period: 1911 To 1940
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.76 % Cu.
Year: 1940
Time Period: 1911 To 1940
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.98 Oz Ag/Ton.
Year: 1940
Time Period: 1911 To 1940
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.48 Oz Au/Ton.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1940
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: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Bismutite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTAL PRIOR TO 1911 IS UNKNOWN. ACCURATE PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1911, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939 AND 1940. PRODUCTION BEGAN IN 1880'S AND CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1940.

Comment (Deposit): ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 234 COVERING 19.055 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1947 CONSISTED OF A SHAFT AND AN ADIT.

References

Reference (Production): AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION DATA.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 338-341

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, P. 96-98

Reference (Deposit): ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, P. 20, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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