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Bullfrog Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009830
MRDS ID D003066
Record type Site
Current site name Bullfrog Mine
Alternate or previous names Owl Mine, Bayard Mine, Slate Mine: Bullfrog Group Patented In 1928, Claims, Bullfrog, Owl: Slate Group Patented In 1950, Claims, Slate, Slate Nos. 1 and 2. Other Patented Claims, Lucky Bill, Shibbolith, Dutch Uncle, Rio Grande, Rio Grande No. 2, Combination, Hobo, Hobo No. 2
Related records 10198927

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.11728, 32.78178 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rita Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 012W 31,32 SE (31); SW (32) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE BULLFROG NO. 2 SHAFT AS SHOWN ON THE SANTA RITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lake Valley Limestone;Magdalena Group
    Rock description Lake Valley Limestone;Magdalena Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.11728, 32.78178
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along The Easterly Striking Slate Fault And Along The Northeast Striking Hobo Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip }

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized Along Northeast Striking Faults And In Favorable Host Rocks Adjacent To The Faults.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1905
Year of last production 1961

Mining district

District name Central District; Fierro-Hanover District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. A. Patton And Associates
    Home office Bayard, N.M.
    First year 1961
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.; U.V. Industries
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.
    First year 1941
    Last year 1972

Production statistics

  • Year 1947
    Period 1943-1947
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MAJOR PRODUCER BETWEEN 1940 AND 1947. PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR 1943- 1947 ARE FOR BULLFROG PORTION OF MINE. ORE CONTAINED TRACE TO 20.6 G/T AG. EXCLUDES SLATE MINE PRODUCTION (SEE D011717)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1948 CONSISTED OF THE 700 FT. BULLFROG NO. 2 SHAFT, THE BULLFROG NO. 1 SHAFT, THE SLATE SHAFT, NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND EXTENSIVE DRIFTS AND STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 317-318

  • Deposit

    SPENCER, A.C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935 USGS BULL 859, P. 66-69

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1936 USGS BULL 870, P. 121-125

  • Deposit

    DURIEZ, L.H., AND NEUMAN, J.V., JR., 1948 MINING AND METALLURGY, VOL 29, NO 502, P. 559-561

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 61

  • Deposit

    HERNON, R.M., JONES, W.R., AND MOORE, S.L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306

  • Deposit

    JONES, W.R., HERNON, R.M., AND MOORE, S.L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J. H., 1964, NMBM BULL. 76, P. 50.

  • Deposit

    HILLESLAND, L.L., WORTHINGTON, W.T., AND HAWKINS, R.B., 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NM, IN TYRONE, PINOS ALTOS, CHINO, CONTINENTAL, CENTRAL DISTRICT, NEW MEXICO: BOOTPRINTS ALONG THE CORDILLERA SYMPOSIUM, FIELD TRIP 10 AND 13, 22 P.

  • Production

    HILLESLAND ET. AL., 1994, P. 2.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES OCCUR AS VEINS IN FRACTURES ALONG THE FAULT ZONE AND AS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENTS OF LIMESTONES ADJACENT TO THE FAULT ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Hasler, J. William New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-OCT-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 28-OCT-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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