Mine detail: Johnny Bull Mine

Previously called 'Patented ClaimsJohnny BullSterling PriceSouth Virginia'

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.16013, -108.99841
dep_id: 10010048
mrds_id: D003408
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Minor mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite
gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Pyroxene, Quartz, Wollastonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Marmorization
ore_ctrl: Contact Zone Of Limestone And Granite Porphyry Sill
Reporter: Richter, D. H., Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Horquilla Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Nw-Trending Johnny Bull Fault
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1917
References:
  • 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
  • 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
  • Deposit:: ARMSTRONG, A.K., SILBERMAN, M.L., TODD, V.R., HOGGATT, W.C., AND CARTEN, R.B., 1978 NMBMMR CIRC 158, P. 11
  • Deposit:: DREWES, H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1220
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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