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Mine detail: Bromide Mine
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North America
United States
New Mexico
Rio Arriba
Previously called 'Claim Patented In 1892Bromide'
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Location
Lat / long:
36.63948, -106.16141
Resource(M)
Primary:
Silver, Copper
Secondary:
Gold, Lead
Ore:
Bromyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:
Calcite, Chlorite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:
IRREGULAR
Discovery year:
1881
Production
Operation type:
Unknown
Production size:
Small
Development status:
Past Producer
First production started:
1885
Last production ended:
1958
Geology
Host rock:
Moppin Metavolcanic Series
Host type:
Schist
Structure:
Schistosity Parallels Compositional Layering And Trends N 60 W And Dips 70 Sw.
References
MRDS
W016614
DEP
10099716
Reference
{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 130-133}{Deposit:: BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 86-93, PLATES 1 AND 6}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter
Weeks, Robert, Menzie, David