| Deposit ID | 10013575 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009949 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bishop Cap Hills Area |
| Alternate or previous names | Bishop Cap Hills Area: Prospects: Blue Star, Grants, Conklin Cave |
| Related records | 10199322 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.5964, 32.19736 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1402 |
| Relative position | 15 MILES SE OF LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Dona Ana(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bishop Cap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Caballo(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Dona Ana |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 024S | 003E | 25 | W2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Jasper | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate |
| Rock unit name | Fusselman;Magdalena |
| Rock description | Fusselman;Magdalena |
| (1) | -106.5964, 32.19736 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Large E-W Normal Faults Related To Caldera Collapse To The North. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Several Ne To Nw Trending Faults |
| General form | TABULAR, POD |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 15 E |
| Dip | 45 E TO 55 E |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1922 |
| Year of first production | 1944 |
| Year of last production | 1972 |
| District name | Organ Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Allied Chemical Corp. |
| First year | 1978 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | F. A. Bunch And B. Germer |
| Home office | Las Cruces, N.M. |
| First year | 1946 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009949 |
MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 23-26.
KRAMER, WV, 1970, MS THESIS, UTEP.
JOHNSTON, W.D., 1928, NMBMMR BULL 4.
ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21.
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 27-28.
SUR, FJ, 1946, NMBMMR REPT INV 3946, 7 PP.
MCANULTY, WN, 1978, P. 16.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | INDIVIDUAL PROSPECTS WITHIN THE BISHOP CAP HILLS PROSPECTS MAY BE KNOWN AS THE BLUE STAR PROSPECT, GRANTS PROSPECT, AND CONKLIN CAVE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | THE MINERALIZATION IS LOCALIZED IN FISSURE VEINS ALONG FAULTS AND FRACTURES AND IN IRREGULARLY SHAPED JASPEROIDAL REPLACEMENTS IN BRECCIATED ZONES ALONG FRACTURES AND BEDDING PLANE FAULTS. MINERALIZATION IS WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE PALEOZOIC CARBONATE SECTION. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1920'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1982 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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