Mine detail: Blackbird Mine

Previously called 'Blackbird Fluorspar Mine'

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Location: Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.00118, -106.41641
dep_id: 10013009
mrds_id: D009062
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Lead, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Fluorite, Galena
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David, Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.), Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_type: Granite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Deposit Follows A Fault Zone Striking N 30 W.
tectonic: Basin And Range
Year first produced: 1943
yr_lst_prd: 1943
discr: J.E. Mock And Associates; Albuquerque, Nm
References:
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 40-41
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 12
  • Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1967 NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 12-16
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 12.
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