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Blanchard Mine

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150896
MAS/MILS ID 0350530041
Record type Site
Current site name Blanchard Mine
Alternate or previous names Hansonburg, Mccarthy, Oscura, Rimrock, Portales

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.37497, 33.8118 (WGS84)
Elevation 1950
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Spring Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oscura Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jornada Del Muerto(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 006 S 005 E 01 SE New Mexico

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Argentite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.37497, 33.8118
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 500M
    Width 100M
    Depth to top 15M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820601
  • Strike N00S
    Dip 90N
    Area 20HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00S:90N
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 820601

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1872
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1917
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Hansonburg

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Raymond Demark, Et Al, Dodd Place, Albuquerque, Nm
    Interest 100
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1993

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Description Produced A Pb Concentrate 12000 Tonnes Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 11810.4mt
  • Year 1938
    Description Produced A Pb Concentrate 4 Tonnes Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 3.93mt
  • Year 1948
    Description Produced A Pb Concentrate 5194 Tonnes Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 5111.93mt
  • Year 1949
    Description Produced A Pb Concentrate 1885 Tonnes Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 1855.21mt
  • Year 1950
    Description Produced A Pb Concentrate 13043 Tonnes Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 12836.92mt
  • Year 1951
    Description Produced A Pb Concentrate 20517 Tonnes Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 20192.83mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 600M
    Overall depth 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .8
    Percent Waste Rock 25
    Percent Recovery 75
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. OTHER
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Slope of Inclines 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 100
    Number of Adits 6
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    3rd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity 300
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 22.59
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Development

    THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT PLANS OF WESTERN GENERAL RESOURCES

  • Development

    INCLUDED CONTRACT MINING AT 720TPD, TRUCK HAULAGE TO THE

  • Development

    MILL WHERE IT WOULD BE PROCESSED AT THE SAME DAILY RATE.

  • Development

    THE OPERATION WAS TO HAVE INCLUDED THE LONTEMPORANEOUS

  • Development

    OPERATION OF THE MEX-TEX AND ROYAL FLUSH MINE AREAS ALSO.

  • Development

    THIS POSSIBILITY HAS NOT BEEN HEREIN ANALYZED

  • Geology

    OREBODY INCLUDES HIGH GRADE AREAS ALONG SHEAR ZONES WITH

  • Geology

    HORIZONTAL BRECCIATED ZONES BETWEEN FILLED TO A GREATER OR

  • Geology

    LESSER EXTENT WITH SIMILAR MINERALOGY. PAST WORK HAS

  • Geology

    GENERALLY CONCENTRATED ON THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WHEREAS

  • Geology

    THE GREATER TONNAGE AND CURRENT INTEREST IS MORE CONCERNED

  • Geology

    WITH THE LARGER TONNAGE HORIZONTAL BODIES

  • Reserve-Resource

    Q1C1R2 THESE RESOURCES ARE ESTIMATED BASED UPON THE 1960

  • Reserve-Resource

    SUNSHINE MINING EXPLORATION WORK

  • Reserve-Resource

    Q2C1R4 THIS RESOURCE IS BASED UPON THE DIMENSIONS AS

  • Reserve-Resource

    DETERMINED IN THE MINOPCO-WGR WORK IN THE 1970S; HOWEVER

  • Reserve-Resource

    THESE VALUES REMAIN LARGELY UNSUBSTANTIATED AS THE INFORMT

  • Reserve-Resource

    MATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION

  • Deposit

    BUDDING A J,1975, PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS OF THE SIERRA OSCURA AND

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS, S CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

  • Deposit

    FROM "GUIDEBOOK OF THE LAS CRUCES COUNTRY", 26TH FIELD

  • Deposit

    CONFERENCE, NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

  • Deposit

    ELSTONE E, 1958-1963 SUNSHINE MINING COMPANY, CONFIDENTIAL

  • Deposit

    MAPS AND REPORTS

  • Deposit

    FERNANDEZ F, 1981, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, MINE MANAGER(WGR)

  • Deposit

    LASKY S G, 1932, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF SOCORRO COUNTY, NEW

  • Deposit

    MEXICO, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BUL. 8

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN W, 1960, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PP 68

  • Deposit

    MORSE D E, 1980, FLUORINE, USBM BUL 671 MINERAL FACTS AND

  • Deposit

    PROBLEMS

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK H E, 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCE OF NEW MEXICO, NEW

  • Deposit

    MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES BUL 21

  • Deposit

    SOULE J H, 1944, OLD MCCARTHY MINE, USBM WAR MINERALS EXAM

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY REPORT

  • Deposit

    STORMS W R, 1947, BLANCHARDS LOUISE-HALSTEAD MINE, USBM

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPORT

  • Deposit

    USBM, IFOC, BLANCHARD MINE REPORT FOR MINERALS AVAILABILITY

  • Deposit

    SECTION BACKUP FILE, DENVER COLORADO

  • Deposit

    VAN ALSTINE P E, 1976, CONTINENTAL RIFTS AND LINEAMENTS

  • Deposit

    ASSOCIATED WITH MAJOR FLUORSPAR DISTRICTS,

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V71 P977-986

  • Deposit

    WEIR J E, 1965, GEOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER AVAILABILITY IN THE

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN PART OF THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE

  • Deposit

    USGS WATER SUPPLY PAPER 1861

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS F E, 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8307

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BENCH-SCALE BENEF TEST ON 100 POUND SAMPLE. ASSAY - CA(F2) 9.5% BA(S04) 9.3% LEAD 3.95% CONC - CA(F2) 95.8% 53.7% RCVRY BA(S04) 86.4% 38.5% RCVRY LEAD 57.9% 70.2% RCVRY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-95 Gosling U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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