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Bishop Cap Prospects

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Lead, Copper, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097842
MRDS ID D008999
Record type Site
Current site name Bishop Cap Prospects
Alternate or previous names Bishop Cap Mine, Hiebert Mine, Blue Star Prospect, Grant Prospect: Claims, Indian Chief Nos. 1 To 4, Blue Star Nos. 1 To 14

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.59863, 32.19486 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position ABOUT 13 MILES S 53 E OF LAS CRUCES.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 024S 003E 23,24,25,26 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE HIEBERT MINE AS SHOWN ON THE BISHOP CAP TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SUR, F.J., 1946, REPORTED AN ANALYSIS OF A COMPOSITE SAMPLE CONTAINING 47.5% CAF2
Result 23.5% SIO2
Result 14.9% CACO3
Result 11.1% BASO4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite;Magdalena Group
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite;Magdalena Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.59863, 32.19486
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Blue Star Fault Trends East-West And Dips 50 To 70 North Near The Main Prospect.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Replaced Favorable Host Rock And Filled Open Spaces Along Faults.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer Manasse And Hayner
Year of first production 1944
Year of last production 1972

Mining district

District name Bishop Cap Hills District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Allied Chemical Corp.
    First year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • MCANULTY, W.N., 1978, REPORTED 100 TONS OF FLUORITE PRODUCED FROM THE BISHOP CAP MINE IN 1944; 12 TONS OF FLUORITE PRODUCED FROM THE BLUE STAR PROSPECT IN 1954; AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF SUBGRADE FLUORSPAR SOLD FROM THE GRANT PROSPECT FROM 1969 TO 1972.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 83.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF FIVE ADITS RANGING FROM 30 FT. TO 90 FT. IN LENGTH, TWO SMALL OPENCUTS AND MORE THAN 15 TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • MOST OF THE DISTRICT IS CONTROLLED BY ALLIED CHEMICAL CORP. BUT THE GRANT PROSPECT IS OWNED BY J.F. GRANT AND THE BLUE STAR GROUP IS OWNED BY F.C. LEACH. INVESTIGATED AND TRENCHED BY USBM IN 1945. RANGAIRE CORP. CONDUCTED A LIMITED CORE DRILLING PROGRAM IN 1969. ALLIED CHEMICAL CORP. DRILLED SEVERAL PERCUSSION HOLES IN U975.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 85-88

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 61-62

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 13

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 27-28

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 23-26

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 88-89

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    SUR, F.J., 1946 USBM RI-3946, 7 PAGES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN IRREGULAR JASPEROIDAL REPLACEMENTS AND FISSURE VEINS ALONG FRACTURES AND FAULTS. MORE THAN 18 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1920'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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