Mine detail: Bluebird Fluorspar Deposit

Previously called 'Friday Prospect: Claim* Spar Nos. 1 and 2'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.47512, -108.46673

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Gold
Ore: Fluorite, Gold
Gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENSE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1944
Last production ended: 1949

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated rock:Burro Mountain Granite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Long E-W Trending Fault
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSD003292
DEP10009971
Reference{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P126-7}{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}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIR, 8307, P 50-52}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 280-281}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1039}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964, P. 126}
ReporterLawrence, V. A., Menzie, David, Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.), Bolm, Karen S.