Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
SecondaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlContact Zone Of Limestone And Granite Porphyry Sill
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Pyroxene, Quartz, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Horquilla Limestone
Associated rockGranite
StructureNw-Trending Johnny Bull Fault
AlterationMarmorization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1885
Last production1917
Identification
Deposit ID10010048
MRDS IDD003408
Alternate namesPatented Claims, Johnny Bull, Sterling Price, South Virginia
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.16013, -108.99841
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P.331-332GILLERMAN, E., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 57, P.99-100ARMSTRONG, A.K., SILBERMAN, M.L., TODD, V.R., HOGGATT, W.C., AND CARTEN, R.B., 1978 NMBMMR CIRC 158, P. 11DREWES, H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1220NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA