Central City/Black Hawk Historic District

Analysis of Geophysical Surveying in New Mexico's Blackhawk Silver Mining District Exceeds Expectations

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Within these mineralized lenses, silver grades as high as 20% have been reported in the past.

Key Points: 
  • Within these mineralized lenses, silver grades as high as 20% have been reported in the past.
  • The Black Hawk District was active in the 1884-1894 period during which time the Black Hawk and the Alhambra mines accounted for most of the production.
  • to assess the Black Hawk District using its Time Domain Electro Magnetic (TDEM) surveying process.
  • Assuming historical grade recoveries and successfully accessing the veins identified, the risk/reward potential of the Blackhawk district is quite favorable.

Texas Mineral Resources Signs Mineral Exploration and Option Agreement with Santa Fe Gold to Jointly Explore and Develop a Target Silver Property Within the Black Hawk Mining District in New Mexico

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, November 9, 2021

The Black Hawk Mining District is located approximately thirteen miles west of Silver City, New Mexico.

Key Points: 
  • The Black Hawk Mining District is located approximately thirteen miles west of Silver City, New Mexico.
  • The signature characteristics of this type of deposit are high silver grades and its occurrence as native (metallic) silver.
  • The property covered in the agreement is approximately 1,300 acres and covers approximately 75% of the known mining district.
  • *Gillerman E. and Whitebread D. H. (1956) Uranium Bearing Nickel-Cobalt-Native Silver Deposits, Black Hawk District, Grant County New Mexico, USGS Bull 1009-K.