| Deposit ID | 10174268 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009970 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0350170056 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Spar Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Blue Spar East and West Veins, Bushy Canyon Mine |
| Related records | 10013586 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.49982, 33.03981 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1658 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Canyon Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Gila National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 014 S | 016 W | 33 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -108.49982, 33.03981 |
|---|
| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 500M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 80M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 20HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1942 |
| District name | Gila Mining District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0350170056 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009970 | MAS references MRDS |
US BUR MINES PUB 8307 P 41
NM BUR MINES MIN RES BULL 21 P 84 85
U S BUR MINES REPT INVEST 4020 10P
MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Mcanulty | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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