Mine detail: Black Hawk Mine

Previously called 'Solid Silver Mine: Black Hawk Group Claims Patented In the Late188
* and Early 189
*SupriseLittle RhodySilver GlanceCornucopiaChicagoExtensionKent County'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.72594, -108.49868

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Nickel, Uranium, Zinc, Cobalt
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Niccolite, Nickel Skutterudite, Pitchblende, Silver, Smaltite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1881

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1881
Last production ended:	1918

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Amphibolite,Pegmatite
Associated rock:	Twin Peaks Monzonite
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Deposits Occur Along A Northeast Striking Fault.

References

MRDS	W000695
DEP	10067835
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 324-325}{Deposit:: LEACH, A.A., 1916 ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., VOL 102, P. 456}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., AND WHITEBREAD, D.H., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-K, P. 283-313}{Deposit:: LOVERING, T.G., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-L, P. 351}{Deposit:: HEWITT, C.H., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 60, P. 115-116}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 142-146, P. 148-149, PLATE 1}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1031}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: FINLAY, J.R., 1922, REPORT OF APPRAISAL OF MINING PROPERTIES OF NEW MEXICO: SANTA FE, CATHOLIC PUB. CO., 154 P.}{Production:: FINLAY (1922)}{Reserve-Resource:: UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT}
Reporter	Hasler, J. William, Long, Keith R., Coury, Anny B., Menzie, David