The Bishop Cap Prospects is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,701 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 32.19472, -106.59806
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Bishop Cap Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bishop Cap Prospects
Secondary: Bishop Cap Mine
Secondary: Hiebert Mine
Secondary: Blue Star Prospect
Secondary: Grant Prospect: Claims
Secondary: Indian Chief Nos. 1 To 4
Secondary: Blue Star Nos. 1 To 14
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Bishop Cap Hills District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Allied Chemical Corp.
Years: 1978 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1944
Year Last Production: 1972
Discovery Year: 1925
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Blue Star Fault Trends East-West And Dips 50 To 70 North Near The Main Prospect.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 11.1% BASO4
Analytical Data: 14.9% CACO3
Analytical Data: 23.5% SIO2
Analytical Data: SUR, F.J., 1946, REPORTED AN ANALYSIS OF A COMPOSITE SAMPLE CONTAINING 47.5% CAF2
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1920'S
Comment (Production): MCANULTY, W.N., 1978, REPORTED 100 TONS OF FLUORITE PRODUCED FROM THE BISHOP CAP MINE IN 1944; 12 TONS OF FLUORITE PRODUCED FROM THE BLUE STAR PROSPECT IN 1954; AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF SUBGRADE FLUORSPAR SOLD FROM THE GRANT PROSPECT FROM 1969 TO 1972.
Comment (Development): MOST OF THE DISTRICT IS CONTROLLED BY ALLIED CHEMICAL CORP. BUT THE GRANT PROSPECT IS OWNED BY J.F. GRANT AND THE BLUE STAR GROUP IS OWNED BY F.C. LEACH. INVESTIGATED AND TRENCHED BY USBM IN 1945. RANGAIRE CORP. CONDUCTED A LIMITED CORE DRILLING PROGRAM IN 1969. ALLIED CHEMICAL CORP. DRILLED SEVERAL PERCUSSION HOLES IN U975.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN IRREGULAR JASPEROIDAL REPLACEMENTS AND FISSURE VEINS ALONG FRACTURES AND FAULTS. MORE THAN 18 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF FIVE ADITS RANGING FROM 30 FT. TO 90 FT. IN LENGTH, TWO SMALL OPENCUTS AND MORE THAN 15 TRENCHES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE HIEBERT MINE AS SHOWN ON THE BISHOP CAP TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 85-88
Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 61-62
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 13
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 27-28
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 23-26
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 88-89
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): SUR, F.J., 1946 USBM RI-3946, 7 PAGES
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