Blue Star Prospect

The Blue Star Prospect is a mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,879 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Blue Star Prospect  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Dona Ana

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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