| Deposit ID | 10009971 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003292 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bluebird Fluorspar Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Friday Prospect: Claims, 'A' Spar Nos. 1 and 2 |
| Related records | 10296415 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.46673, 32.47512 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 24 MILES S 28 W OF SILVER CITY; 8 MILES S 40 W OF WHITE SIGNAL, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
C Bar Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Gila National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 021S | 016W | 14,22,23 | SW (14); NE (22); NW (23) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -108.46673, 32.47512 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Long E-W Trending Fault |
| General form | LENSE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 65 E TO N 85 W |
| Dip | STEEPLY NORTH |
| Thickness | 2.44M |
| Length | 15.24M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1944 |
| Year of last production | 1949 |
| District name | Gold Hills |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. W. Alsop And J .H. Winslow |
| Home office | Lordsburg, N.M. |
| First year | 1945 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Roberts And Associates |
| Home office | Los Angeles, Ca. |
| First year | 1966 |
| Year | 1940 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Up To 1940 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003292 |
HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
ROTHROCK, H. E., JOHNSON, C. H., AND HAHN, A. D., 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 21, P 78-79
WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIR, 8307, P 50-52
GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 280-281
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1039
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
GILLERMAN, E., 1964, P. 126
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS, VEINLETS, PODS, AND FLUORSPAR CEMENTED BRECCIA IN AN EAST-WEST TRENDING FAULT ZONE. VEINS ARE UP TO 2 FT. THICK AND BRECCIA ZONES CEMENTED BY FLUORSPAR AND CONTAINING IRREGULAR VEINLETS ONE TO SIX INCHES THICK ARE UP TO 8 FT. THICK. LENSES OF ORE ARE 30 TO 50 FT. IN STRIKE LENGTH AND 40 TO 50 FT. LONG DOWN DIP. TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1958. |
| Deposit | RECORD # D009845 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-78 | Lawrence, V. A. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-82 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-83 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-90 | Bolm, Karen S. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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