Mine detail: Blue Sky Prospect

Previously called 'Prospect: Gold StarClaims: Gold StarGold Star No. 1-4Lucky BoyHopping'

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Location: Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.23478, -106.38308
dep_id: 10014462
mrds_id: D011249
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Cerussite, Chrysocolla, Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LINEAR
conc_proc: Replacement
ore_ctrl: A Vertical Fault Striking N40w
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Sandia;Madera
hrock_type: Sandstone,Limestone
arock_unit: Sandia Granite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Sandia Uplift-East Side Faults, A Vertical Fault Striking N40w
tectonic: Sandia Uplift
disc_yr: 1912
discr: Gold Star Mining And Milling Co., Albuquerque, Nm (1912)
References:
  • Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., AND S.A. NORTHRUP, 1975, NMBMMR MEM. 29, P.101
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, C.H., 1964, UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO, P. 58-60
  • Deposit:: PROSPECTUS OF THE GOLD STAR MINES, LA MADERA MINING DISTRICT, SANDOVAL COUNTY, NM, CA. 1916, IN THE BRAD PRINCE PAPERS, NM STATE ARCHIVES, SANTA FE, NM
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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