Black Hornet Mine

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

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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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