Bromide Mine

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099716
MRDS ID W016614
Record type Site
Current site name Bromide Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim Patented In 1892, Bromide, Hutchison, Dillon Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -106.16141, 36.63948 (WGS84)
Elevation 2865
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 22 MILES S 80 E OF TIERRA AMARILLA. Comments suggest coordinates, near center of section line between secs. 23 & 26, are for the center of the claim. No visible workings on topo or imagery.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burned Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 028N 007E 23,26 S2 (23); N2 (26) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE PATENTED CLAIM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bromyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Moppin Metavolcanic Series
    Rock description Moppin Metavolcanic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -106.16141, 36.63948

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Schistosity Parallels Compositional Layering And Trends N 60 W And Dips 70 Sw.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 20 TO 70 W
    Dip VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Discoverer D.M. Field And J.M. Bonnett
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Bromide No. 2 District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bromide Mining Co. (1890'S); J. N. Eddy, Sterling Lord, And Charles Besre
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner John N. Eddy, Santa Fe, N. M. (1960'S)
    Home office Santa Fe, NM
    Year 1968

Comments on the production information

  • PARALLEL VEIN 20 FT. N. OF BROMIDE VEIN PRODUCED 827,000 (units not specified) IN COPPER (LINDGREN ET AL, 1910, P. 133)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1968 CONSISTED OF A 760 FT ADIT CONNECTED TO A 140 FT SHAFT WITH A 212 FT DRIFT AND A 132 FT CROSSCUT. FIVE ADDITIONAL SHORT ADITS ARE SHOWN ON THE SURVEY PLAT OF THE CLAIM.
  • DILLON TUNNEL OVER 800 FT LONG IN JULY 1905. ULTIMATE LENGTH UNKNOWN. (from deleted record 10271812= MAS 0350390183)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS, VEINLETS, AND LENSES OF MINERALIZATION WHICH TREND NORTHWEST PARALLEL TO THE SCHISTOSITT OF THE HOST ROCK. ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 809 COVERING 20.51 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Weeks, Robert New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-AUG-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0350390018=newMRDS 10126063
Reporter 01-DEC-83 New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources MAS 0350390183=newMRDS 10271812
Editor 22-NOV-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted MAS 0350390018=newMRDS 10126063 and MAS 0350390183=newMRDS 10271812

Beyond USGS

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