Mine detail: Blue Star Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

32.19042, -106.59279

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Jasper, Malachite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	PODS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Fusselman Dolomite
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Blue Star Fault, On A N Trending Group Of Faults
Alteration processes:	Jasper

References

MRDS	TC36214
DEP	10062675
Reference	{Deposit:: SEAGER, W.R., 1981, GEOLOGY OF ORGAN MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MEMOIR 36, 97 P.}{Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978, FLUORSPAR IN NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MEMOIR 34, 64 P.}{Production:: SEAGER (1981).}
Reporter	Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.)