Mine detail: Bromide Mine

Previously called 'Claim Patented In 1892Bromide'

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.63948, -106.16141
dep_id: 10099716
mrds_id: W016614
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bromyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Oxidation Enriched Ores Occurred To A Depth Of 50 Ft
Reporter: Weeks, Robert, Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Moppin Metavolcanic Series
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Schistosity Parallels Compositional Layering And Trends N 60 W And Dips 70 Sw.
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1958
disc_yr: 1881
discr: D.M. Field And J.M. Bonnett
References:
  • 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
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