The Bromide Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,400 Feet (2,865 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 36.63944, -106.16083
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Bromide Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bromide Mine
Secondary: Claim Patented In 1892
Secondary: Bromide
Secondary: Hutchison
Secondary: Bromide Claim
Secondary: Dillon Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Bromide No. 2 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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: John N. Eddy, Santa Fe, N. M. (1960'S)
Home Office: Santa Fe, NM
Info Year: 1968
Owner Name: Bromide Mining Co. (1890'S); J. N. Eddy, Sterling Lord, And Charles Besre
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1881
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Schistosity Parallels Compositional Layering And Trends N 60 W And Dips 70 Sw.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bromyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS, VEINLETS, AND LENSES OF MINERALIZATION WHICH TREND NORTHWEST PARALLEL TO THE SCHISTOSITT OF THE HOST ROCK. ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 809 COVERING 20.51 ACRES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE PATENTED CLAIM.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1968 CONSISTED OF A 760 FT ADIT CONNECTED TO A 140 FT SHAFT WITH A 212 FT DRIFT AND A 132 FT CROSSCUT. FIVE ADDITIONAL SHORT ADITS ARE SHOWN ON THE SURVEY PLAT OF THE CLAIM.
Comment (Production): PARALLEL VEIN 20 FT. N. OF BROMIDE VEIN PRODUCED 827,000 (units not specified) IN COPPER (LINDGREN ET AL, 1910, P. 133)
Comment (Workings): DILLON TUNNEL OVER 800 FT LONG IN JULY 1905. ULTIMATE LENGTH UNKNOWN. (from deleted record 10271812= MAS 0350390183)
References
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NMBM BULL. 91, P. 86-93, PLATES 1 AND 6.
Pages: p. 86-87, 92-93, pl. 1 & 6.
Reference (Deposit): JONES F.A. 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS., SANTA FE, P. 163.
Reference (Deposit): NM STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, ANNUAL REPORT, 44TH, 1956, P. 38, 52.
Pages: p. 38, 52.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: USGS PP 68, P. 125, 130-133.
Pages: p. 125, 130-133.
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA and NMBM MINES INDEX.
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