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Bishop's Cap Mine

Prospect in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silica
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10199322
MRDS ID D009949
MAS/MILS ID 0350130001
Record type Site
Current site name Bishop's Cap Mine
Alternate or previous names Bishops Cap, Bishop Cap Hills, Bishop Cap
Related records 10013575

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.58527, 32.20044 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 024 S 003 E 25 W2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.58527, 32.20044
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 50E
    Thickness 1.2M
    Length 175M
    Width 131M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N15E:50E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830719
  • Strike N15E
    Dip 45E
    Thickness 2.1M
    Length 760M
    Width 10.8M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 2
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N15E:45E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830719
  • Area 250HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 250
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1920
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Bishopcap Hills

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Allied Chemical Corp.
    Interest 100
    Year 1981
    First year 1981
    Last year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • PB ORE IS SHOWN AS METHOD:UNSPECIFIED. ACTUALLY IS SURFACE MINE ORE TRUCKED TO A STOCKPILE. "CAPACITY" OF PRODUCT B INDICATES THE MINING RATE OF THE SURFACE MINE. PRODUCT A "OUTPUT" BASED ON CALC MILL OUTPUT PRODUCT B "OUTPUT" BASED ON SURFACE MINE PRODUCTION RATE PRODUCT B "UNITS OF OUTPUT" ACTUALLY IS "MT ORE PER DAY" PRODUCT A "INVESTMENT" REFERS TO MILL COST PRODUCT B "INVESTMENT" REFERS TO MINE CAPITAL

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M9C4=M1C1 M9C5=M2C1 MATRIX 9 SHOWS STATISTICS FOR MATRIX1 AND MATRIX2.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 250HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 40.5
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 5
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 1470
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 4.98
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 34
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1982
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 740M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OVERHAND SHRINKAGE 10-67
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 33
    Number of Adits 3
    Capacity 117
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 32.81
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • APPLIES ONLY TO MINE AREA. MILL DESCRIBED WITH LYDA K MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, MARKETS, MARCH 1983, P. 17

  • Deposit

    DENVER EQPT CO., MINERAL PROCESSING FLOWSHEETS, 1962, PP.92-

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., FLUORSPAR IN N.MEX., NM BUR MIN

  • Deposit

    RES BULL 4 1982.

  • Deposit

    N. MEX. BUR MIN RES BUL 21, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF N. MEX.

  • Deposit

    N. MEX. BUMINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES. FLUORSPAR IN N. MEX.

  • Deposit

    MEMOIR 34, 1978.

  • Deposit

    QUAN, C.K., FLUORINE, BUMINES MCP-20, 1978, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    SUR, F.J., EXPLORATION OF BISHOP CAP FLUORSPAR PROJECT,

  • Deposit

    DONA ANA COUNTY, N. MEX., BUMINES RI3946, SEPT. 1946, 7 PP.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF N. MEX., BUMINES

  • Deposit

    IC8307, 1966.

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, G.J., ELEMENTS OF MINING, P. 577, FOURTH ED., 1946

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-FEB-95 Davis U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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