Hancock Mine

The Hancock Mine is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,551 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hancock Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead

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: C. E. Burdick
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1900 -

Owner Name: Western Minerals Co.
Years: 1959 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
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: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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

Comments

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

Comment (Production): LINDGREN, 1909, REPORTED ABOUT 1000 TONS OF RICH LEAD ORE, WITH SO ME GOLD, WAS PRODUCED UP TO 1905.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF A 400 FT. MAIN SHAFT AND N UMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS, PITS AND TRENCHES.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1909 USGS BULL 380, P. 125

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 2 93

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

Reference (Deposit): DORAIBABU, P., AND PROCTOR, P.D., 1972 NMBMMR TARGET EXPLORATION RE PORT E-4, 9 PAGES

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