Blue Star Prospect

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Lead, Silica
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223231
MRDS ID TC36214
MAS/MILS ID 0350130016
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Star Prospect
Related records 10062675

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.58777, 32.19684 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487

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 C NWNE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.58777, 32.19684

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85W
    Dip 55N
    Thickness 1M
    Length 100M
    Width 20M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N85W:55N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bishop Cap Hills District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Allied Chemical Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUB MASTER THESIS UNIV TEXAS ATEL PASO KRAMER

  • Deposit

    US BUR MINES PUB 8307 P 27

  • Deposit

    US BUR MINES REPT INV 3946 9 P

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AN ECONOMIC DEPOSIT MAY BE PRESENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Mcanulty U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references