| Deposit ID | 10101830 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010055 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Conqueror Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Rio Tinto Mine |
| Related records | 10247847 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.73944, 34.19315 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2256 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | 9 MI S 65 W OF CORONA, NM., ABOUT 39.25 MILES N 12 E OF CARRIZOZO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rough Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Corona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Gallo Arroyo(hydrologic unit)
Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Cibola National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 001S | 011E | 25 | NE OF SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Barite | Ore |
| Bastnaesite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyromorphite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A TEST PIT CONTAINED 18.0% CAF2, 6.2% BASO4, AND 0.14% CU (WILLIAMS, 1966). |
|---|
| Model code | 174 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 26b |
| Deposit model name | Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins) |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Yeso |
| Rock description | Yeso |
| (1) | -105.73944, 34.19315 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Two Faults Trending North And Nw |
| General form | TABULAR, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTH AND NW |
| Dip | BOTH VERTICAL |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1956 |
| Year of last production | 1966 |
| District name | Gallinas Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Blm Roswell Resource Area |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | New Mexico Copper Corp. |
| Home office | C.E. Degner, Presidentcarrizozo, Nm. |
| First year | 1966 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 60.96M |
| Overall depth | 70.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010055 |
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 78.
GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 66-68, PLATES 8 AND 9.
PERHAC, R.M., 1970, NMBMMR BULL 95, P. 35-47, PLATE 1.
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
WILLIAMS, 1966, P. 78.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FLUORSPAR OCCURS WITH BARITE, GALENA, COPPER OXIDES, COPPER SULFIDES, AND QUARTZ IN TWO MINERALIZED BRECCIA ZONES THAT TREND NORTH AND NORTHWEST IN LIMESTONE. FINELY GRANULAR FLUORITE APPEARS TO HAVE REPLACED THE MINERAL THAT ORIGINALLY CEMENTED THE BRECCIA FRAGMENTS. 23 UNPATENTED CLAIMS REPORTED IN 1966. |
| Deposit | RECORD # D010680 BY DAVID MENZIE WAS INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-83 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-90 | Bolm, Karen S. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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