Mine detail: Black Hornet Mine

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Location: Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.49395, -106.1389
dep_id: 10014735
mrds_id: D011638
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Shear Zones
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Espinosa Volcanics
hrock_type: Monzonite
arock_unit: Espinosa Volcanics
arock_type: Monzonite
Structure: Faults And Shear Zones
tectonic: Cerrillos Uplift
disc_yr: 1944
discr: Sierra Metals Co.
References:
  • Deposit:: DISBROW, A.E. AND W.C. STOLL, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 57-58
  • Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 30-33
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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