The Brush Heap Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,850 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,850 Feet (2,088 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 32.91556, -107.72222
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Brush Heap Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brush Heap Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims: Brush Heap
Secondary: Andy Johnson
Secondary: Black Eyed Susan
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Kingston District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: U. V. Industries (Sharon Steel) ( 20%), M.J. Moffitt (Estate) ( 20%), Rupert Chisholm (Estate)
Home Office: 136 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111
Owner Name: J. A. Mcdonald
Years: 1930 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1922
Discovery Year: 1880
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: Ladron Fault Trends N30w And Is Cut By Smaller Northeast Trending Fault. Paleozoic Sediments Were Slightly Folded Prior To Ore Deposition Forming Small Anticlines And Breccias Beneath Shale Where Replacement Deposits Formed.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Dolomite Sealed Vein For Later Ore Deposition.
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FOUR GRAB SAMPLES ASSAYED 6.58 OZ AG/TON, 7.78 OZ AG/TON, 0.17 OZ AG/TON, AND 582.72 OZ AG/TON. GOLD WAS ABSENT IN ALL FOUR SAMPLES.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Talc
Comments
Comment (Location): THE CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF A RIDGE SEPARATING LADRON GULCH AND MIDDLE PERCHA CREEK ABOUT A MILE WEST-NORTHWEST OF KINGSTON.
Comment (Production): THE ANDY JOHNSON/BRUSH HEAP MINE MAY HAVE PRODUCED AS MUCH AS 500000 OZ OF SILVER.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE IN 1980. WORKINGS REPORTED IN ABOUT 1920 CONSISTED OF A 400 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, STOPES AND A 200 FT LONG ADIT. SURFACE WORKINGS INCLUDE SMALL PITS AND SHALLOW OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Geology): FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT.
Comment (Commodity): SAMPLES CHOSEN TO REPRESENT DIFFERENT ROCK TYPES AND WERE COLLECTED FROM THE BRUSH HEAP MINE DUMP. SAMPLES COLLECTED AND ASSAYED BY NMBMMR.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS ALONG THE NORTHWEST TRENDING LADRON FAULT IN VEINS AND AS BEDDING REPLACEMENT NEAR THE DOLOMITE-SHALE CONTACT. 3 PATENTED CLAIMS, MINERAL SURVEY NOS. 798A, 798B AND 799, COVERING ABOUT 57 ACRES.
References
Reference (Production): HEDLUND, D.C., 1977
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.103
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1975 USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 75-108, P.17
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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