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Governor Group

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011724
MRDS ID D006830
Record type Site
Current site name Governor Group
Alternate or previous names Imperial Prospect: Claims, Governor Nos. 1 To 5
Related records 10126043

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.2367, 33.04872 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position ABOUT 6 MILES DUE SOUTH OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palomas Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 014S 004W 34 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE NORTHERN CABALLO MOUNTAINS IN PALOMAS GAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ROTHROCK AND OTHERS, 1946, REPORTED A VEIN 7 FT. WIDE WAS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 60% CAF2; 30% CACO3; 10% BRECCIATED LIMESTONE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Montoya, El Paso
    Rock description Montoya, El Paso
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.2367, 33.04872
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Paleozoic Limestones Are In Fault Contact With Precambrian Granite.

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control. Minor Limestone Replacement.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Imperial Corp.
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1957

Comments on the production information

  • FLUORSPAR PRODUCTION REPORTED AS 1033 TONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 201.17M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A 550 FT LONG ADIT, A 110 FT. LONG ADIT, AN INCLINED SHAFT OF UNDETERMINED DEPTH AND ABOUT FOUR SMALL OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY OWNED BY BLANCHARD HANSON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.207

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H. AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P.162-163

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P.104-105

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P.19

  • Production

    F.E. WILLIAMS, 1966 P. 105

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OCCUR IN FISSURES STRIKING N 50 TO 60 E, RANGING FROM 2 FT. TO 8 FT. WIDE, AND CAN BE TRACED FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FT.. 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 100 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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