Hornet Mine

The Hornet Mine is a silver, zinc, and lead mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,826 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hornet Mine
Secondary: Hornet Group: Claims Patented In 1892 and 1893
Secondary: Bonanza
Secondary: Nabob
Secondary: First Northwest Extension Hornet

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Eureka 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: Carl Wilder
Home Office: Hachita, N.M.
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: Gibralter Minerals Co.
Home Office: Hachita, N.M.
Years: 1958 -

Production

Year: 1958
Time Period: 1905 To 1958
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 4.26 Oz Ag/Ton.
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1907 To 1958
Material type: ZN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 2.75% Zn.
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1906 To 1958
Material type: PB
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 2.36% Pb.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1882
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1877
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: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

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

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE FROM 1905 TO 1907, 1927, 1942 TO 1944, 1948 TO 1953 AND 1956 TO 1958.

Comment (Deposit): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 235, 236 AND 237 COVERING 59.165 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1947 CONSISTED OF A 150 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH A WINZE TO THE 300 FT. LEVEL AND DRIFTS TOTALING ABOUT 1200 FT. IN LENGTH

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 335-337

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1938 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 33, NO 4, P. 365-389

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, P. 91

Reference (Deposit): ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, P. 19-22, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.

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