Black Hawk Mine

The Black Hawk Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,524 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Black Hawk Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Manganese

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Tres Hermanas 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/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Joe Dechert And Associates
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1958 -

Owner Name: Jack Greenfield, Deming, N.M. ; Western Minerals Co.
Years: 1959 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Year Last Production: 1957
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

Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb

Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1958.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS IN 1961 CONSISTED OF THE MAIN SHAFT AND NUMEROUS SMALL O PEN CUTS AND PROSPECT PITS.

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

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS SINCE 1904 WERE 1947, 1948, 1953, AND 1957. ABOUT 11 TONS OF HAND SORTED ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 15.5% MN WAS PRODUCED IN 1 953.

References

Reference (Deposit): BALK, ROBERT, 1962 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-16

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P:56-59, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 68

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