The Bradley Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,049 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,049 Feet (1,539 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.12694, -107.59778
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Bradley Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bradley Mine
Secondary: Edna Belle Group: Claims
Secondary: Edna Belle Nos. 3 To 8: Lead Carbonate E Group: Claims
Secondary: Lead Carbonate
Secondary: Soledad
Secondary: Bear
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Florida Mountains 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Birchfield, Jr., W. P.
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1961 -
Owner Name: Mosley Moyer Mining Co.
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1930 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Year Last Production: 1930
Discovery Year: 1900
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS, AN ADIT, AND SEVERAL PROS PECT PITS.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE FLORIDA GAP TOPOGRAPHIC QUARDRAN GLE.
Comment (Deposit): NINE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Geology): STARVATION DRAW MEMBER OF THE RUBIO PEAK FM..
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 125-127 FIG. 14
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): CLEMONS, R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-52
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