Bullfrog Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198927
MRDS ID D003066
MAS/MILS ID 0350170183
Record type Site
Current site name Bullfrog Mine
Alternate or previous names Owl
Related records 10009830

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.11841, 32.78181 (WGS84)
Elevation 1848
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 017 S 012 W 31 NESESE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.11841, 32.78181

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner UV Industries, Inc.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORKED 1903-5 AND 1943-71

  • Deposit

    600 TON FLOTATION PLANT IN 1947

  • Deposit

    ASARCO OWNED PROPERTY IN 1929 BUT SOLD IT AFTER

  • Deposit

    DISCOURAGING DRILLING PROGRAM. MINE PRODUCED 400 TPD

  • Deposit

    IN 1947

  • Deposit

    CONNECTS WITH SLATE AND PRINCESS MINES

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 870 & 47TH ANN REPT STATE MINE INSPECTOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-OCT-97 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources 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