Mine detail: Conqueror Mine

Previously called 'Rio Tinto Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.19315, -105.73944

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, REE, Molybdenum
Ore:	Anglesite, Barite, Bastnaesite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite, Pyromorphite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1956
Last production ended:	1966

Geology

Host rock:	Yeso
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Syenite,Quartz Monzonite,Trachyte
Structure:	Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith, Two Faults Trending North And Nw
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	D010055
DEP	10101830
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.), Menzie, David, Bolm, Karen S.