Black Hawk Mine

The Black Hawk Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,751 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Black Hawk Mine
Secondary: Solid Silver Mine: Black Hawk Group Claims Patented In the Late
Secondary: 1880's and Early 1890's
Secondary: Black Hawk
Secondary: Suprise
Secondary: Little Rhody
Secondary: Silver Glance
Secondary: Cornucopia
Secondary: Chicago
Secondary: Extension
Secondary: Kent County

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Cobalt

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Black Hawk District: Burro Mountains; Bullard Peak Area

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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Black Hawk Mining And Milling Co.

Owner Name: Black Hawk Solid Silver Mining Co.
Years: 1918 -

Owner Name: Black Hawk Consolidated Mines Co.
Home Office: Box 2518, Silver City, Nm 88061
Years: 1919 -

Production

Year: 1920
Time Period: 1919-1920
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2.66 Opt Ag, 0.8% Cu, 1.91% Zn, 18.29% Pb

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1881
Year Last Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1881
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

Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur Along A Northeast Striking Fault.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.9 % CO.
Analytical Data: 8.9 % NI
Analytical Data: 8.8 % ZN
Analytical Data: A 100 LB. SAMPLE FROM THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE MINE CONTAINED 2542 OZ AG/TON

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Skutterudite
Ore: Nickel Skutterudite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Smaltite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Niccolite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN, STRIKE N. 70 DEG.E., DIP 65 DEG. NW, IN QUARTZ DIORITE GNEISS SE. OF MONZONITE PORPHYRY. KNOWN FOR 1000 FT. ON STRIKE AND 700 FT. DOWN DIP. OREMATERIALS IN CARBONATE-QUARTZ-BARITE GANGUE

Comment (Deposit): 100 POUND SAMPLE FROM BOTTOM LEVEL GAVE 2542 OZ. AG, 8.8% ZN, 8.9% NI, 0.9% CO. AVERAGE RATIO NI: CO= 5.6:1. DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D003014 BY J. WILLIAM HASLER, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS, HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION VALUE FOR SILVER ORES PRODUCED SINCE 1881 HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AS 600000 TO 650000 DOLLARS. PRODUCTION BEFORE 1905 PUT AT $600,000.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS, PODS AND IRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS RANGING FROM 3 TO 10 FT WIDE, UP TO 400 FT. ALONG STRIKE AND UP TO 150 FT. DOWN DIP. EIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 364, 365, 366, 367, 770, 771, 772 AND 778 COVERING 75.458 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1916 CONSISTED OF FOUR SHAFTS, A DEEP WINZE, SEVERAL RAISES, ABOUT 3000 FT. OF DRIFTING ON TEN WORKING LEVELS AND EXTENSIVE STOPING ABOVE THE SECOND LEVEL AND BETWEEN THE SIXTH AND EIGHTH LEVEL.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE BLACK HAWK SHAFT NO. 1 SHOWN ON THE WIND MOUNTAIN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESRVES UNKNOWN, BUT PROBABLY MODERATE FOR WHOLE DISTRICT; OVER 20,000 FT. OF POSSIBLE VEINS PRESENT. 500,000 LBS. COBALT GEOLOGICALLY INFERRED

References

Reference (Deposit): HEWITT, C.H., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 60, P. 115-116

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 142-146, P. 148-149, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1031

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): FINLAY, J.R., 1922, REPORT OF APPRAISAL OF MINING PROPERTIES OF NEW MEXICO: SANTA FE, CATHOLIC PUB. CO., 154 P.

Reference (Production): FINLAY (1922)

Reference (Reserve-Resource): UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.G., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-L, P. 351

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 324-325

Reference (Deposit): LEACH, A.A., 1916 ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., VOL 102, P. 456

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., AND WHITEBREAD, D.H., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-K, P. 283-313

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