Johnny Bull Mine

The Johnny Bull Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,511 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Johnny Bull Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims
Secondary: Johnny Bull
Secondary: Sterling Price
Secondary: South Virginia

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: San Simon 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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: C. S. Dodge And I. E. Mcfaul (Estates)
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: D. L. Cresswell
Years: 1917 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1917
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: Nw-Trending Johnny Bull Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marmorization

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE STEINS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Deposit): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 192, 193 AND 194 COVERING 50.038 ACRES. REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN PENNSYLVANIAN HORQUILLA LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO NW-TRENDING JOHNNY BULL FAULT.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1910 CONSISTED OF TWO SHAFTS AND AN ADIT.

Comment (Deposit): MOST PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1905, INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION 1915-1920. NO DETAILS AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P.331-332

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 57, P.99-100

Reference (Deposit): ARMSTRONG, A.K., SILBERMAN, M.L., TODD, V.R., HOGGATT, W.C., AND CARTEN, R.B., 1978 NMBMMR CIRC 158, P. 11

Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1220

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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