Mine detail: Bisho* Cap Mine

Previously called 'Bishops CapBishop Cap Hills'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.20044, -106.58527

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Barium-Barite, Calcium, Silica
Other material: Barite, Fluorite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1920

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Prospect

Geology

References

MRDSD009949
MAS350130001
DEP10199322
Reference{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, MARKETS, MARCH 1983, P. 17}{Deposit:: DENVER EQPT CO., MINERAL PROCESSING FLOWSHEETS, 1962, PP.92-}{Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., FLUORSPAR IN N.MEX., NM BUR MIN}{Deposit:: RES BULL 4 1982.}{Deposit:: N. MEX. BUR MIN RES BUL 21, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF N. MEX.}{Deposit:: N. MEX. BUMINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES. FLUORSPAR IN N. MEX.}{Deposit:: MEMOIR 34, 1978.}{Deposit:: QUAN, C.K., FLUORINE, BUMINES MCP-20, 1978, P. 27.}{Deposit:: SUR, F.J., EXPLORATION OF BISHOP CAP FLUORSPAR PROJECT,}{Deposit:: DONA ANA COUNTY, N. MEX., BUMINES RI3946, SEPT. 1946, 7 PP.}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF N. MEX., BUMINES}{Deposit:: IC8307, 1966.}{Deposit:: YOUNG, G.J., ELEMENTS OF MINING, P. 577, FOURTH ED., 1946}
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