Mine detail: Bishop Cap Hills Area

Previously called 'Bishop Cap Hills Area: Prospects: Blue StarConklin CaveGrants'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.19736, -106.5964

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Lead, Copper, Uranium
Ore:	Barite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Jasper, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, POD
Discovery year:	1922

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1944
Last production ended:	1972

Geology

Host rock:	Fusselman;Magdalena
Host type:	Carbonate
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Large E-W Normal Faults Related To Caldera Collapse To The North., Several Ne To Nw Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	D009949
DEP	10013575
Reference	{Deposit:: MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 23-26.}{Deposit:: KRAMER, WV, 1970, MS THESIS, UTEP.}{Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., 1928, NMBMMR BULL 4.}{Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21.}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 27-28.}{Deposit:: SUR, FJ, 1946, NMBMMR REPT INV 3946, 7 PP.}{Production:: MCANULTY, WN, 1978, P. 16.}
Reporter	Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)