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Blue Sky Prospect

Occurrence in Sandoval county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014462
MRDS ID D011249
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Sky Prospect
Alternate or previous names Prospect: Gold Star, Claims: Gold Star, Gold Star No. 1-4, Lucky Boy, Hopping
Related records 10222941

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.38308, 35.23478 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position ABOUT 10.4 MILES S 59 E OF BERNALILLO, NM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sandoval(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sandia Crest(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sandoval

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 012N 005E 26 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR PORTAL OF ADIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Cerussite Gangue
Chrysocolla Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sandia Granite
    Rock description Sandia Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Sandia;Madera
    Rock description Sandia;Madera

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.38308, 35.23478
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sandia Uplift-East Side Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description A Vertical Fault Striking N40w

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N40W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 27.43M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Vertical Fault Striking N40w

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MADERA LIMESTONE IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE FAULT DROPPED AGAINST SANDIA GRANITE AND THE SANDIA FORMATION ON THE WEST SIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912
Discoverer Gold Star Mining And Milling Co., Albuquerque, Nm (1912)

Mining district

District name Placitas District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gold Star Mining And Milling Co.
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1916

Comments on the workings information

  • KELLEY AND NORHRUP (1975, P. 101) REPORT THE MAIN ADIT ENTERS ON AN 18-DEGREE INCLINE INTERSECTING THE VEIN 75 FT FROM THE PORTAL. AN INCLINE UPWARD FROM THE MAIN ADIT REACHES THE VEIN 12-FEET ABOVE THE BACK PART OF THE LOWER LEVEL. THE 1916 GOLD STAR MINES CLAIMED TO HAVE FIVE SMALL SHAFTS, ONE INCLINE SHAFT, TWO DRIFTS, TWO WINCHES, AND DEVELOPMENT OF TWO ADDITIONAL SHAFTS, ALL OF WHICH WERE LOCATED ON THEIR SEVEN CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., AND S.A. NORTHRUP, 1975, NMBMMR MEM. 29, P.101

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, C.H., 1964, UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO, P. 58-60

  • Deposit

    PROSPECTUS OF THE GOLD STAR MINES, LA MADERA MINING DISTRICT, SANDOVAL COUNTY, NM, CA. 1916, IN THE BRAD PRINCE PAPERS, NM STATE ARCHIVES, SANTA FE, NM

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN IS ALONG A NEARLY VERTICAL FAULT STRIKING N 40 W WITH MADERA LIMESTONE ON THE EAST SIDE DROPPED AGAINST SANDIA GRANITE AND SANDIA FORMATION ON THE WEST. THE VEIN ZONE IS VERY BRECCIATED AND CEMENTED WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS, OF TEN WITH COXCOMB CRYSTAL DEVELOPMENT. FLUORITE REPLACES BOTH THE GRANITE FOOTWALL AND LIMESTONE HANGING WALL. GALENA AND CHALCOPYRITE ARE THE PRINCIPAL ORE. CALCITE AND BARITE ARE HYPOGENE MINERALS DRUSY AND VUGGY TEXTURES ARE COMMON. MALACHITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, CERRUSITE, AND LIMONITE ARE SECONDARY MINERALS. GOLD STAR MINING CLAIMED TO HAVE FOUND NATIVE GOLD AND SILVER IN 1916.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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