| Deposit ID | 10010048 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003408 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Johnny Bull Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Patented Claims, Johnny Bull, Sterling Price, South Virginia |
| Related records | 10296313 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.99841, 32.16013 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1375 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 21.5 MILES S 53 W OF LORDSBURG. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hidalgo(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Steins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Simon(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Hidalgo |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 025S | 021W | 03,04 | SW (03); SE (04) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Pyroxene | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Wollastonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Horquilla Limestone |
| Rock description | Horquilla Limestone |
| (1) | -108.99841, 32.16013 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw-Trending Johnny Bull Fault |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| Year of last production | 1917 |
| District name | San Simon District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | D. L. Cresswell |
| First year | 1917 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. S. Dodge And I. E. Mcfaul (Estates) |
| First year | 1960 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 45.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003408 |
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
ARMSTRONG, A.K., SILBERMAN, M.L., TODD, V.R., HOGGATT, W.C., AND CARTEN, R.B., 1978 NMBMMR CIRC 158, P. 11
DREWES, H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1220
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 192, 193 AND 194 COVERING 50.038 ACRES. REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN PENNSYLVANIAN HORQUILLA LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO NW-TRENDING JOHNNY BULL FAULT. |
| Deposit | MOST PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1905, INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION 1915-1920. NO DETAILS AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-78 | Richter, D. H. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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