Bromide Mine

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

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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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