Johnny Bull Mine

Field Collecting:
Southern New Mexico/Eastern Arizona

Johnny Bull Mine
Hidalgo County, N.M.
SAN SIMON MINING DISTRICT

NOTE: Please DO NOT ask for directions to the collecting locations below! Most, if not all, of this information can be obtained from the following guide books.

"Rock Collecting near Lordsburg, New Mexico" by Dave Millis
Can be purchased at the Border Rock Shop, 980 East Motel Drive, Lordsburg, NM 88045 (505)542-3724

"Minerals, Fossils, and Fluorescents of Arizona" by Neil Bearce
Can be purchased on Amazon.com

[2003]

The great road in to the Johnny Bull Mine for turquoise, yellow calcite and micro-minerals.

2007

Our destination . .

2007

2007
The Jonnybull mine looked about the same as always; a lot of color laying around but not much in the way of workable turquoise. I arrived in time for lunch with Ben, Barbara, and Kathy Davis. Dave Millis had taken off to prospect distant pits. After lunch Dave showed up to display some of the ore rock from the Silver Hill Mine which is a short drive or hike from the Jonnybull. I decide to stay where I was and do some prospecting in the dumps while everyone else took of for the other mine. We all joined up a while later for the return trip to Lordsburg.

[2003]

There are at least 6 old abandon turquoise mines in this part of Hidalgo County, NM.
The Johnny Bull mine is one of the most accessible!

[2003]

The two audits of the Johnny Bull turquoise mine. Notice the tailing piles (turquoise) above the right audit and the dry wash (calcite) to the left of the left audit.

[2004]

Some views of the mine ruins...

[2004]

[2003]

Some specimen turquoise!

[2003]

Massive yellow calcite out-crops up the left draw.

[2003]

Desert vegetation...