Blanchard Mine

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

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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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