The Johnny Bull Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,511 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,511 Feet (1,375 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.16, -108.99778
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Johnny Bull Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Johnny Bull Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims
Secondary: Johnny Bull
Secondary: Sterling Price
Secondary: South Virginia
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: San Simon 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: C. S. Dodge And I. E. Mcfaul (Estates)
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: D. L. Cresswell
Years: 1917 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1917
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Johnny Bull Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marmorization
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE STEINS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Deposit): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 192, 193 AND 194 COVERING 50.038 ACRES. REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN PENNSYLVANIAN HORQUILLA LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO NW-TRENDING JOHNNY BULL FAULT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1910 CONSISTED OF TWO SHAFTS AND AN ADIT.
Comment (Deposit): MOST PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1905, INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION 1915-1920. NO DETAILS AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P.331-332
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 57, P.99-100
Reference (Deposit): ARMSTRONG, A.K., SILBERMAN, M.L., TODD, V.R., HOGGATT, W.C., AND CARTEN, R.B., 1978 NMBMMR CIRC 158, P. 11
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1220
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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