Blanchard Mine, New Mexico
Presentation by Erin Delventhal on the Blanchard Mine in New Mexico.
Description: The Blanchard Mine, located in the Hansonburg District in the northern portion of the
Oscura Mountains, Socorro County, New Mexico, has earned its place as a classic New Mexican
locality through the production of widely available, high-quality mineral specimens – most
notably the “Blanchard blue” fluorite (often associated with galena) as well as the discovery of
some of the world’s largest known linarite crystals. However, the rich mineralization at the
Blanchard Mine produces a suite of other minerals that appeal to many varieties of collecting
styles.
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Been there! And also the rock shop in Bingham. The whole area has fascinating geology.
Having collected there twice, I was mesmerized by the presentation. I can’t for the life of me recall the exact date, but it had to be in the very late ’90’s to the very early 2000’s. There was a peculiar woman running the Bingham rock shop and thus the claims as well. I was wondering if you recall her name. I got quite a bit of some nice galena and the blue fluorite and searched desperately for some linarite, but to no avail.
Interesting talk; lots of great info. Thank you, Erin!
good stuff
Part of the U.S. and chile for every meal! 😂💚💚💚
so erin, as part of a younger uplift to the laramide orogeny would the intercontinental seaway had being in the same basic region,
Thank you for this enlightening presentation! Turns out I live an hour away from this place. If I wanted to go rockhounding, who would be the person to get in touch with to obtain permission to do so?
Great job Erin! Very interesting and informative.
Great job!
Hahaha… Just kicked it off perfect. "First of all just want to let y’all know that New Mexico is a part of the United States." Haha F*** Yeah. Swear it’s like half the US don’t even know we’re a state.
My friend Allison (a relative of Blanchard) owns the Rock shop at Bingham. I’ve stopped by there many times, but never visited the mines.
Great presentation. Thank you to Thomas and Alex for arranging this and recording this. Thank you to Erin for taking the time to put this together. Keep up the great work!!