| Deposit ID | 10062675 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC36214 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Star Mine |
| Related records | 10223231 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.59279, 32.19042 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
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 | 24S | 03E | 25 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Chalcopyrite | Gangue |
| Galena | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Jasper | Gangue |
| Malachite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Fusselman Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Fusselman Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -106.59279, 32.19042 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Blue Star Fault, On A N Trending Group Of Faults |
| General form | PODS |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC36214 |
MCANULTY, W.N., 1978, FLUORSPAR IN NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MEMOIR 34, 64 P.
SEAGER (1981).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BARITE IS ABUNDANT, OTHER MINERALS OCCUR IN TRACE AMOUNTS, FLUORITE OCCURS ALONG FAULTS AS MASSIVE CRYSTALLINE PODS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1992 | Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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