New Mexico Mineral Symposium — Abstracts

Since 1881, there has been interest in the mineral possibilities of the Oscura Mountains which are located about 10 miles south of Socorro and about 35 miles east of San Antonio. The Blanchard Mine is located about 9 miles south of Bingham, New Mexico and it is this particular location that is going to be given attention during this presentation. The presentation will be divided into three parts: a brief history of what has been written about the territory, a few anecdotes about collecting at the site, and some slides about how the site looked in the past up to the present time plus some pictures of minerals from the location. There will be a display of minerals collected by the author from the Blanchard Mine in the Mineral Museum.