Hornet Prospect

The Hornet Prospect is a lead and zinc mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,199 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hornet Prospect
Secondary: Hornet Group
Secondary: Defense Group
Secondary: Jenkins Hornet Prospect
Secondary: Weary Willie Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Taos
District: Red River District: Cabresto Creek Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: John Jenkins And Burt Phipps
Years: 1940 -

Owner Name: Mineral Resources Corp.
Home Office: Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1948 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: FISSURES

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE ADITS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CABRESTO CREEK AS SHOWN ON THE RED RIVER TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Comment (Production): ABOUT 50 TONS OF OXIDIZED LEAD-ZINC ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1941.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1929 CONSISTED OF FOUR ADITS TOTALING 650 FT. IN LENGTH. IN 1960 ONLY THE MIDDLE AND UPPER ADITS WERE ACCESSIBLE.

References

Reference (Deposit): ELLIS, R.W., 1929 UNIVERSITY OF N.M. BULL 167, VOL IV, NO 2, P. 125-126

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 32-34

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 175

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 115, MAP 2

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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