The Governor Group is a fluorine-fluorite and copper mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper
Lat, Long: 33.04861, -107.23611
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Governor Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Governor Group
Secondary: Imperial Prospect: Claims
Secondary: Governor Nos. 1 To 5
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Imperial Corp.
Home Office: Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Paleozoic Limestones Are In Fault Contact With Precambrian Granite.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 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.
Comment (Geology): FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.
Comment (Location): CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE NORTHERN CABALLO MOUNTAINS IN PALOMAS GAP.
Comment (Commodity): ROTHROCK AND OTHERS, 1946, REPORTED A VEIN 7 FT. WIDE WAS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 60% CAF2; 30% CACO3; 10% BRECCIATED LIMESTONE.
Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY OWNED BY BLANCHARD HANSON.
Comment (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.
Comment (Production): FLUORSPAR PRODUCTION REPORTED AS 1033 TONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.207
Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H. AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P.162-163
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P.104-105
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P.19
Reference (Production): F.E. WILLIAMS, 1966 P. 105
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