Mine detail: Conqueror No. 4 and Hilltop Prospect

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.20426, -105.73944
dep_id: 10013652
mrds_id: D010064
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Minor mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Fluorite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR, LENTICULAR
model: 174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
ore_ctrl: Brecciated Faults Within A Favorable Sandstone Host
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_unit: Yeso
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_type: Syenite,Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith, Ne Trending Faults
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 115.
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 79.
  • Deposit:: SOULE, JH, 1946, USBM R I 3854, P. 10.
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.