The Bouncing Bet is a gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Bouncing Bet MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bouncing Bet
Secondary: Newcomb
Secondary: Alexander
Secondary: Spence Hill
Secondary: And Others
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: White Signal District, Southern Burro Mnts.
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Geology): SUBPARALLEL VEINS AND RHYOLITE DIKES (N25-30E) IN GRANITE
References
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The Top Ten Gold Producing States
These ten states contributed the most to the gold production that built the West from 1848 through the 1930s. The Top Ten Gold Producing States.
