The Blue Sky Prospect is a copper, lead, and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Sandoval county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 35.23472, -106.38250
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Blue Sky Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Sky Prospect
Secondary: Prospect: Gold Star
Secondary: Claims: Gold Star
Secondary: Gold Star No. 1-4
Secondary: Lucky Boy
Secondary: Hopping
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sandoval
District: Placitas District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gold Star Mining And Milling Co.
Home Office: Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1916 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sandia Uplift-East Side Faults
Type: L
Description: A Vertical Fault Striking N40w
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Cerussite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Workings): KELLEY AND NORHRUP (1975, P. 101) REPORT THE MAIN ADIT ENTERS ON AN 18-DEGREE INCLINE INTERSECTING THE VEIN 75 FT FROM THE PORTAL. AN INCLINE UPWARD FROM THE MAIN ADIT REACHES THE VEIN 12-FEET ABOVE THE BACK PART OF THE LOWER LEVEL. THE 1916 GOLD STAR MINES CLAIMED TO HAVE FIVE SMALL SHAFTS, ONE INCLINE SHAFT, TWO DRIFTS, TWO WINCHES, AND DEVELOPMENT OF TWO ADDITIONAL SHAFTS, ALL OF WHICH WERE LOCATED ON THEIR SEVEN CLAIMS.
Comment (Geology): THE MADERA LIMESTONE IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE FAULT DROPPED AGAINST SANDIA GRANITE AND THE SANDIA FORMATION ON THE WEST SIDE.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR PORTAL OF ADIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN IS ALONG A NEARLY VERTICAL FAULT STRIKING N 40 W WITH MADERA LIMESTONE ON THE EAST SIDE DROPPED AGAINST SANDIA GRANITE AND SANDIA FORMATION ON THE WEST. THE VEIN ZONE IS VERY BRECCIATED AND CEMENTED WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS, OF TEN WITH COXCOMB CRYSTAL DEVELOPMENT. FLUORITE REPLACES BOTH THE GRANITE FOOTWALL AND LIMESTONE HANGING WALL. GALENA AND CHALCOPYRITE ARE THE PRINCIPAL ORE. CALCITE AND BARITE ARE HYPOGENE MINERALS DRUSY AND VUGGY TEXTURES ARE COMMON. MALACHITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, CERRUSITE, AND LIMONITE ARE SECONDARY MINERALS. GOLD STAR MINING CLAIMED TO HAVE FOUND NATIVE GOLD AND SILVER IN 1916.
References
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., AND S.A. NORTHRUP, 1975, NMBMMR MEM. 29, P.101
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, C.H., 1964, UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO, P. 58-60
Reference (Deposit): PROSPECTUS OF THE GOLD STAR MINES, LA MADERA MINING DISTRICT, SANDOVAL COUNTY, NM, CA. 1916, IN THE BRAD PRINCE PAPERS, NM STATE ARCHIVES, SANTA FE, NM
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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