Conquistador

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Mica
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10126477
MAS/MILS ID 0350390215
Record type Site
Current site name Conquistador
Alternate or previous names Augusta

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.04748, 36.51424 (WGS84)
Elevation 2476
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Las Tablas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson 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 Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 026 N 008 E 01 NESW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.04748, 36.51424

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cooperative Mines, Inc
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1950

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAHNS R.H. MICA DEPOSITS OF THE PETACA DISTRICT, RIO ARRIBA

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 25 1946 P 152- 155

  • Deposit

    REDMON D.E. RECONNAISSANCE OF SELECTED PEGMATITE DISTRICTS

  • Deposit

    IN NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO USBM I.C. 8013 1961 P 19,

  • Deposit

    25- 26

  • Deposit

    BINGLER E.C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF RIO ARRIBA

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL 91 1968 P 121

  • Deposit

    TALMAGE S.B. AND WOOTTON T.P. THE NON-METALLIC MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES NMBM

  • Deposit

    BULL. 12 1937 P 116

  • Deposit

    JUST EVAN GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC FEATURES OF THE PEGMATITES

  • Deposit

    OF TAOS AND RIO ARRIBA COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL.

  • Deposit

    13 1937 P 67

  • Deposit

    JAHNS R.H. MILLING IMPROVES NORTHERN NEW MEXICO SCRAP MICA

  • Deposit

    OUTLOOK E AND MJ VOL. 149 NO. 5 MAY 1948 P 97, 98

  • Deposit

    STORMS W.R. USBM PRELIM. WAR MINERALS REPORT SEPT. 1943

  • Deposit

    NMBM MINES INDEX

  • Deposit

    USGS 7.5 MIN QUAD LAS TABLAS 1963

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.