Johnny Bull Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -108.99841, 32.16013 (WGS84)
Elevation 1375
Relative position ABOUT 21.5 MILES S 53 W OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 025S 021W 03,04 SW (03); SE (04) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE STEINS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Marmorization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.99841, 32.16013

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Johnny Bull Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Of Limestone And Granite Porphyry Sill

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1917

Mining district

District name San Simon District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner D. L. Cresswell
    First year 1917
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. S. Dodge And I. E. Mcfaul (Estates)
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1910 CONSISTED OF TWO SHAFTS AND AN ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references