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Blackbird Mine

Past Producer in Bernalillo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite
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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 10013009
MRDS ID D009062
Record type Site
Current site name Blackbird Mine
Alternate or previous names Blackbird Fluorspar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.41641, 35.00118 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position ABOUT 14.5 MILES S 69 E OF ALBUQUERQUE.

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 009N 005E 16,17 SW (16); SE (17) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 17. THE MINE CAN BE REACHED BY TRAVELING 11.6 MILES EAST OF ALBUQUERQUE ON US 66, THEN 4.5 MILES SOUTH, AND 2.4 MILES EAST. IT LIES IN A RESTRICTED AREA ADJACENT TO THE SANDIA MILITARY RESERVATION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM ROTHROCK AND OTHERS, 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 41

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE CONTAINED 59.4% CAF2
Result 18.7% SIO2
Result 1.4% CACO3
Result 0.6% BASO4.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.41641, 35.00118
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit Follows A Fault Zone Striking N 30 W.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 198.12M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer J.E. Mock And Associates; Albuquerque, Nm
Year of first production 1943
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Tijeras Canyon District: Manzanita Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. E. Mock And The American Fluorspar Co.
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sandia Military Reservation

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 40.23M
    Overall depth 25.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF AN 85 FT. SHAFT AND 132 FT. OF DRIFTING WITH 55 FT. OF THE DRIFT STOPED TO THE SURFACE.

Comments on development

  • MINE IS COMPOSED OF 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS NAMED THE BLACKBIRD, JAY BIRD, RED HILL, LIMESTONE HILLS NO. 1 AND 2, WHITE HILL, VIRGINIA, LITTLE QUEEN, WHITE EAGLE, AND KEYSTONE. MAIN WORKINGS ARE ON THE JAY BIRD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 40-41

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 12

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1967 NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 12-16

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 12.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD # D009814 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN A FISSURE VEIN ALONG A N 30 W STRIKING FAULT ZONE. VEIN RANGES FROM A FEW INCHES TO 5 FT. THICK AND CAN BE TRACED AT SURFACE FOR 650 FT. SOUTHEAST FROM THE SHAFT BUT IS COVERED BY ALLUVIUM NORTHWEST OF THE SHAFT. FLUORSPAR IS DENSE WHERE NO BRECCIATION IS PRESENT AND GRANULAR WHEN CEMENTING BRECCIA FRAGMENTS. MINOR WALL ROCK REPLACEMENT. TEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1940'S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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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