Blackbird Mine

Past Producer in Bernalillo county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246948
MRDS ID D009063
MAS/MILS ID 0350010096
Record type Site
Current site name Blackbird Mine
Alternate or previous names American, Manzano
Related records 10087752, 10247394

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.41618, 35.00147 (WGS84)
Elevation 1960
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bernalillo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tijeras(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Bernalillo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 009 N 005 E 17 SE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.41618, 35.00147

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Manzano Fluorspar Co.
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1946
  • Type Operator
    Owner American Fluorspar Co.
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1946

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ON JAY BIRD CLAIM,MEMBER OF GROUP OF TEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS:

  • Deposit

    JAY BIRD,BLACKBIRD,KEYSTONE,WHITE EAGLE,LITTLE QUEEN,

  • Deposit

    VIRGINIA,WHITE HILL,LIMESTONE HILL NUMBERS ONE & TWO, AND

  • Deposit

    RED HILL

  • Deposit

    NMBM BULL.21,1946,P40

  • Deposit

    NMBM INDEX

  • Deposit

    NMBM BULL,81,1967,P.16

  • Deposit

    ANN REPT STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES 1968 P56

  • Deposit

    USBM I.C.8307,P12

  • Deposit

    NMBM MEMOIR 34,P16

  • Deposit

    TIJERAS TOPO MAP,USGS,1972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references