Conqueror Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, REE, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

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

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 001S 011E 25 NE OF SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST. ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE ROUGH MOUNTAIN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A TEST PIT CONTAINED 18.0% CAF2, 6.2% BASO4, AND 0.14% CU (WILLIAMS, 1966).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.73944, 34.19315

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike NORTH AND NW
    Dip BOTH VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Faults Trending W And Nw Within A Favorable Limestone Host Rock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1956
Year of last production 1966

Mining district

District name Gallinas Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner New Mexico Copper Corp.
    Home office C.E. Degner, Presidentcarrizozo, Nm.
    First year 1966

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 70.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DEPOSIT WAS WORKED THROUGH A 230 FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND ABOUT 200 FT OF DRIFTING ON THE 130 FT LEVEL. ADDITIONALLY, A TEST PIT WAS DUG ON THE SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 78.

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 66-68, PLATES 8 AND 9.

  • Deposit

    PERHAC, R.M., 1970, NMBMMR BULL 95, P. 35-47, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, 1966, P. 78.

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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External references