Bradley Mine

Past Producer in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087875
MRDS ID D010512
Record type Site
Current site name Bradley Mine
Alternate or previous names Edna Belle Group: Claims, Edna Belle Nos. 3 To 8: Lead Carbonate E Group: Claims, Lead Carbonate, Soledad, Bear

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.59837, 32.12707 (WGS84)
Elevation 1539
Relative position ABOUT 13.5 MILES S 45 E OF DEMING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Florida Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deming(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 025S 007W 18 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE FLORIDA GAP TOPOGRAPHIC QUARDRAN GLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Rubio Peak Formation
    Rock description Rubio Peak Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.59837, 32.12707

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike EAST
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • STARVATION DRAW MEMBER OF THE RUBIO PEAK FM..

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1930

Mining district

District name Florida Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mosley Moyer Mining Co.
    Home office Deming, N.M.
    First year 1930
  • Type Owner
    Owner Birchfield, Jr., W. P.
    Home office Deming, N.M.
    First year 1961

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS, AN ADIT, AND SEVERAL PROS PECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 125-127 FIG. 14

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    CLEMONS, R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-52

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NINE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 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