Bishops Cap

The Bishops Cap is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,593 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bishops Cap
Secondary: Bishop Cap Hills
Secondary: Bishop's Cap Mine
Secondary: Bishop Cap

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Calcium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Bishopcap Hills

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Allied Chemical Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1981
Years: 1981 - 1981

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Flotation
Discovery Year: 1920
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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: Quartz
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Barite

Comments

Comment (Production): PB ORE IS SHOWN AS METHOD:UNSPECIFIED. ACTUALLY IS SURFACE MINE ORE TRUCKED TO A STOCKPILE. "CAPACITY" OF PRODUCT B INDICATES THE MINING RATE OF THE SURFACE MINE. PRODUCT A "OUTPUT" BASED ON CALC MILL OUTPUT PRODUCT B "OUTPUT" BASED ON SURFACE MINE PRODUCTION RATE PRODUCT B "UNITS OF OUTPUT" ACTUALLY IS "MT ORE PER DAY" PRODUCT A "INVESTMENT" REFERS TO MILL COST PRODUCT B "INVESTMENT" REFERS TO MINE CAPITAL

Comment (Reserve-Resource): M9C4=M1C1 M9C5=M2C1 MATRIX 9 SHOWS STATISTICS FOR MATRIX1 AND MATRIX2.

Comment (Workings): APPLIES ONLY TO MINE AREA. MILL DESCRIBED WITH LYDA K MINE.

References

Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, G.J., ELEMENTS OF MINING, P. 577, FOURTH ED., 1946

Reference (Deposit): IC8307, 1966.

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF N. MEX., BUMINES

Reference (Deposit): DONA ANA COUNTY, N. MEX., BUMINES RI3946, SEPT. 1946, 7 PP.

Reference (Deposit): SUR, F.J., EXPLORATION OF BISHOP CAP FLUORSPAR PROJECT,

Reference (Deposit): QUAN, C.K., FLUORINE, BUMINES MCP-20, 1978, P. 27.

Reference (Deposit): MEMOIR 34, 1978.

Reference (Deposit): N. MEX. BUMINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES. FLUORSPAR IN N. MEX.

Reference (Deposit): N. MEX. BUR MIN RES BUL 21, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF N. MEX.

Reference (Deposit): RES BULL 4 1982.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., FLUORSPAR IN N.MEX., NM BUR MIN

Reference (Deposit): DENVER EQPT CO., MINERAL PROCESSING FLOWSHEETS, 1962, PP.92-

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, MARKETS, MARCH 1983, P. 17

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