Page 50 - Vol 2 Walks In The Black Range Eastern Foothills South

Deposits of New Mexico” (1910), or “The Metal Resources of New Mexico and Their Economic Features Through 1954”.
The photographs below and on the following page are of an adit in the upper central part of the map detail, see right. The Hillsboro Quadrangle Geologic Map, including such things as the description of map units found at the end of this book, was produced by the State of New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources and can be downloaded at the preceding link. A report accompanies the geologic map. See The Black Range Naturalist, Volume 2, Number 4 for a description of other geologic maps covering the Black Range.
The adit opening shown below can be seen roughly in the middle of the photographs on the following page.
Paul Benavides is listed as the owner (since 1960 perhaps since 1958) at the WMH site. Many sites in this area are abandoned.
Photographs shown here were taken on September 4, 2016.