Bradley Mine

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

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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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