Turquoise Mining

Johnny Bull Mine

Located in Hidalgo County, in the San Simon Mining District, this mine used to produce light blue to medium blue turquoise prodominately bearing brownish matrix. Specimens can still be found here. Calcite is also abundant in this mine. There are five other abandoned claims in this area. Source

Mining Claimsgranitegapmine.jpg

Group holdings:
1. Miksell (Phoenix) group
2. Phelps Dodge Corp Eight-five branch
3. Pacific Copper Co (Bonney group)
4. Misers Chest group
5. Manilla group
6. Alamo Mining Co (Atwood group)
7. Anita group

No. Name Survey No.   No. Name Survey No.
1 Sterling 1958   81 Superior 49
2 Monday 1958   82 Reckhart 1606
3 Dalay 1958   83 Royal 1608
4 Copper Nugget No 1 1958   84 Pasadena 1611
5 Copper Nugget No 2 1958   85 Venice 1610
6 Ada Etta 1958   86 Dutchess 1609
7 Big Dika 1958   87 Princess 1607
8 Summit 1958   88 Emerald 1430
9 Lone Star 1958   89 Mohak 1430
10 Florence May 1958   90 Rockford 1595
11 Copper Nugget No 3     91 Nevada 1431
12 Copper Nugget No 4     92 Playmate 1596
13 Amigo 1928   93 Carrie 1766
14 Vandegrift 1928   94 Oakland 1597
15 Lawrence 1928   95 Dry Town 1936
16 Pittsburg 2009   96 Sacramento 1598
17 Pittsburg No 2 2008   97 Lookout 1599
18 Knight 1928   98 Monrovia 1600
19 Sunday 1928   99 Tioga 1935
20 Black Cat 1928   100 White Cloud 1613
21 Anna Mary 1916   101 Comstock No 1 1742
22 Carlos 1928   102 Comstock No 3 1742
23 Clementine 1916   103 Comstock No 2 1742
24 Copper Link     104 Goodnight 1676
25 Phoenix 1916   105 Excelsior 1612
26 Old Virginia     106 Old Town 1937
27 Mono No 2     107 Yellow Jacket 66
28 Ontario     108 Valedon 1768
29 Dewey     109 Road 1768
30 Queen     110 Triangle  
31 Pittsburg No 3     111 Southern 1768
32 McGinty     112 Valedon No 1 1768
33 Lucy     113 Plumbo 1768
34 Kathryn No 4     114 Florence 1484
35 Last Chance 1153   115 Henry Clay 70
36 Dacotah Pearl 1153   116 Bessie 1483
37 Belle 1153   117 Atwood 68
38 Peton 1444   118 New Year No 2 1768
39 Bonnie Jean 423   119 New Year No 1 1768
40 Goodsight 1444   120 Lieutenant  
41 Montana 1444   121 General Jerry Boyle 935
42 Pittsburg No 4 2009   122 Unsurveyed holdings of Hidalgo Copper Co  
43 Pittsburg No 6 2009   123 Napoleon  
44 Pittsburg No 5 2009   124 Belle Tower  
45 Lookout 1592   125 Friday  
46 Gila Monster     126 Kingfisher 1801
47 Battleship 1592   127 Rosemary 1832
48 Western Extension of Eight-five No 4 1933   128 Copper Reef 2013
49 Western Extension of Eight-five No 1 1933   129 Copper Reef No 2 2013
50 Western Extension of Eight-five No 2 1933   130 Copper Reef No 3 2013
51 Western Extension of Eight-five No 3 1933   131 Johannesburg 1871
52 Western Extension of Eight-five No 5 1933   132 Congress 1870
53 Winchester 1604   133 Nellie Gray 1870
54 Monteray 1602   134 March No 2 1870
55 Western Extension of Eight-five No 6 1933   135 March No 1 1870
56 Remington 1603   136 August  
57 Beloit 1601   137 Teddy 1591
58 Ninety-nine 1430   138 Sunrise 1591
59 Eighty-five 1430   139 Lone 1591
60 Dundee 1284   140 Cochise 1591
61 Eighty-six 1430   141 Shoo Fly 1591
62 Hobson 1616   142 August No 2  
63 Johnson 1677   143 Chance 1945
64 Schley 1618   144 Fort Savage 1462
65 Okley 1620   145 Little Annie 1462
66 Dewey 1617   146 Misers Chest 1462
67 Chalcocite     147 Copper Regent 1462
68 Azurite     148 Virginia 1462
69 Cuprite     149 S.W.B. 1462
70 Malachite     150 Columbia 1462
71 Bornite     151 Bonney Extension 1913
72 Black Sam 1504   152 Manilla 1913
73 Cobre Negra 1504   153 Copper Dick 1913
74 Tom Cat 1504   154 Mulberry 1913
75 Oversight     155 Happy Hooligan 1913
76 Black Copper 1504   156 Red Copper 1913
77 Café 1605   157 Green Copper 1913
78 Jim Crow 1619   158 Blue Copper 1913
79 Wedge     159 Aberdeen 1882
80 Carlos 1690    
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Suggested Links

Turquoise Mining

List of Hidalgo County Mines

Minerals of New Mexico (Hidalgo County is listed)

Topographic Maps of Hidalgo County Mines

Western Mining History - Gold in Hidalgo County