The Blue Star Prospect is a mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,879 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,879 Feet (1,487 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 32.1967, -106.58720
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Blue Star Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Star Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Calcium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Bishop Cap Hills District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Allied Chemical Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New Jersey
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): AN ECONOMIC DEPOSIT MAY BE PRESENT
References
Reference (Deposit): UNPUB MASTER THESIS UNIV TEXAS ATEL PASO KRAMER
Reference (Deposit): US BUR MINES PUB 8307 P 27
Reference (Deposit): US BUR MINES REPT INV 3946 9 P
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013
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