Bluebird Fluorspar Deposit

The Bluebird Fluorspar Deposit is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,001 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

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Site Name

Primary: Bluebird Fluorspar Deposit
Secondary: Friday Prospect: Claims
Secondary: 'A' Spar Nos. 1 and 2

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Gold Hills

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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Roberts And Associates
Home Office: Los Angeles, Ca.
Years: 1966 -

Owner Name: J. W. Alsop And J .H. Winslow
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1945 -

Production

Year: 1940
Time Period: Up To 1940

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1944
Year Last Production: 1949
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: LENSE

Structure

Type: L
Description: Long E-W Trending Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D009845 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS OF THE BLUEBIRD MINE AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1039; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1963 EDITION; THE BLUEBIRD MINE CAN BE REACHED BY TRAVELING 25.1 MILES SOUTH FROM SILVER CITY ON NM 180, 1.5 MILES EAST ON THE C-BAR RANCH ROAD, AND 0.5 MILES SOUTH ALONG THE POWERLINE ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS, VEINLETS, PODS, AND FLUORSPAR CEMENTED BRECCIA IN AN EAST-WEST TRENDING FAULT ZONE. VEINS ARE UP TO 2 FT. THICK AND BRECCIA ZONES CEMENTED BY FLUORSPAR AND CONTAINING IRREGULAR VEINLETS ONE TO SIX INCHES THICK ARE UP TO 8 FT. THICK. LENSES OF ORE ARE 30 TO 50 FT. IN STRIKE LENGTH AND 40 TO 50 FT. LONG DOWN DIP. TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1958.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS, PROSPECT PITS, TRENCHES AND SHALLOW SHAFTS. ONE OPEN CUT IS ALONG STRIKE FOR 350 FT AND IS 15 FT WIDE AND 5 TO 15 FT DEEP.

References

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1039

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, P. 126

Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H. E., JOHNSON, C. H., AND HAHN, A. D., 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 21, P 78-79

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIR, 8307, P 50-52

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 280-281

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P126-7

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