The Blanchard Mine is a lead and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,398 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,398 Feet (1,950 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 33.8117, -106.37440
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Blanchard Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blanchard Mine
Secondary: Hansonburg
Secondary: Mccarthy
Secondary: Oscura
Secondary: Rimrock
Secondary: Portales
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Hansonburg
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Raymond Demark, Et Al, Dodd Place, Albuquerque, Nm
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1993
Production
Year: 1951
Description: Produced A Pb Concentrate 20517 Tonnes Ore Mined
Year: 1950
Description: Produced A Pb Concentrate 13043 Tonnes Ore Mined
Year: 1949
Description: Produced A Pb Concentrate 1885 Tonnes Ore Mined
Year: 1948
Description: Produced A Pb Concentrate 5194 Tonnes Ore Mined
Year: 1938
Description: Produced A Pb Concentrate 4 Tonnes Ore Mined
Year: 1917
Description: Produced A Pb Concentrate 12000 Tonnes Ore Mined
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Milling Method: Gravity
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1872
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Anglesite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BENCH-SCALE BENEF TEST ON 100 POUND SAMPLE. ASSAY - CA(F2) 9.5% BA(S04) 9.3% LEAD 3.95% CONC - CA(F2) 95.8% 53.7% RCVRY BA(S04) 86.4% 38.5% RCVRY LEAD 57.9% 70.2% RCVRY
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, IFOC, BLANCHARD MINE REPORT FOR MINERALS AVAILABILITY
Reference (Deposit): WAR MINERALS REPORT
Reference (Deposit): STORMS W R, 1947, BLANCHARDS LOUISE-HALSTEAD MINE, USBM
Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY REPORT
Reference (Deposit): SOULE J H, 1944, OLD MCCARTHY MINE, USBM WAR MINERALS EXAM
Reference (Deposit): MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES BUL 21
Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK H E, 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCE OF NEW MEXICO, NEW
Reference (Deposit): PROBLEMS
Reference (Deposit): MORSE D E, 1980, FLUORINE, USBM BUL 671 MINERAL FACTS AND
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN W, 1960, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PP 68
Reference (Deposit): MEXICO, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BUL. 8
Reference (Deposit): LASKY S G, 1932, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF SOCORRO COUNTY, NEW
Reference (Deposit): FERNANDEZ F, 1981, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, MINE MANAGER(WGR)
Reference (Deposit): MAPS AND REPORTS
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8307
Reference (Deposit): ELSTONE E, 1958-1963 SUNSHINE MINING COMPANY, CONFIDENTIAL
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS F E, 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO
Reference (Deposit): USGS WATER SUPPLY PAPER 1861
Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN PART OF THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE
Reference (Deposit): WEIR J E, 1965, GEOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER AVAILABILITY IN THE
Reference (Deposit): ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V71 P977-986
Reference (Deposit): ASSOCIATED WITH MAJOR FLUORSPAR DISTRICTS,
Reference (Deposit): VAN ALSTINE P E, 1976, CONTINENTAL RIFTS AND LINEAMENTS
Reference (Deposit): CONFERENCE, NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Reference (Geology): THE GREATER TONNAGE AND CURRENT INTEREST IS MORE CONCERNED
Reference (Development): MILL WHERE IT WOULD BE PROCESSED AT THE SAME DAILY RATE.
Reference (Development): INCLUDED CONTRACT MINING AT 720TPD, TRUCK HAULAGE TO THE
Reference (Development): THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT PLANS OF WESTERN GENERAL RESOURCES
Reference (Deposit): FROM "GUIDEBOOK OF THE LAS CRUCES COUNTRY", 26TH FIELD
Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS, S CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
Reference (Deposit): BUDDING A J,1975, PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS OF THE SIERRA OSCURA AND
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION
Reference (Reserve-Resource): THESE VALUES REMAIN LARGELY UNSUBSTANTIATED AS THE INFORMT
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DETERMINED IN THE MINOPCO-WGR WORK IN THE 1970S; HOWEVER
Reference (Reserve-Resource): Q2C1R4 THIS RESOURCE IS BASED UPON THE DIMENSIONS AS
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SUNSHINE MINING EXPLORATION WORK
Reference (Reserve-Resource): Q1C1R2 THESE RESOURCES ARE ESTIMATED BASED UPON THE 1960
Reference (Geology): WITH THE LARGER TONNAGE HORIZONTAL BODIES
Reference (Geology): GENERALLY CONCENTRATED ON THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WHEREAS
Reference (Geology): LESSER EXTENT WITH SIMILAR MINERALOGY. PAST WORK HAS
Reference (Geology): HORIZONTAL BRECCIATED ZONES BETWEEN FILLED TO A GREATER OR
Reference (Geology): OREBODY INCLUDES HIGH GRADE AREAS ALONG SHEAR ZONES WITH
Reference (Development): THIS POSSIBILITY HAS NOT BEEN HEREIN ANALYZED
Reference (Development): OPERATION OF THE MEX-TEX AND ROYAL FLUSH MINE AREAS ALSO.
Reference (Development): THE OPERATION WAS TO HAVE INCLUDED THE LONTEMPORANEOUS
Reference (Deposit): SECTION BACKUP FILE, DENVER COLORADO
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