Napolean-Rosa Lee Group

The Napolean-Rosa Lee Group is a lead mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,299 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Napolean-Rosa Lee Group
Secondary: Claims: Napolean
Secondary: Rosa Lee

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos District

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: Southwest Land And Coal Co. ; Vanadium Mines Co. ; Great American Co.
Years: 1906 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
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: Fractures Appear To Be Transverse Adjustments To Regional Faulting.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Barite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE CABALLO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN CABALLO CANYON AND LEAD MINE CANYON.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN FOUR NORTHEAST STRIKING MINERALIZED VEINS. THE MAIN VEIN RANGES FROM 4 FT. TO 6 FT. WIDE WITH PRODUCTIVE MINERALIZATION VARYING FROM 1.5 FT. TO 3 FT. WIDE. IN PLACES NEAR THE SURFACE THE VEIN IS OPEN TEXTURED OR SPONGY AND DISSOLUTION CAVITIES ARE COMMON. PRODUCTIVE MINERALIZATION IN THE OTHER VEINS IS MINOR AND USUALLY LESS THAN 1.5 FT. WIDE. 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF A 300 FT. LONG TUNNEL AND TWO SHAFTS ON THE MAIN VEIN WHICH HAD ATTAINED A DEPTH OF ABOUT 100 FT.. A THIRD SHAFT 40 FT. DEEP IS ABOUT 600 FT. EAST OF THE MAIN TUNNEL ENTRANCE. THREE MINOR VEINS WERE WORKED BY SHALLOW TRENCHES AND PITS.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

References

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.204-207

Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H. AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P.161

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C. AND SILVER, C., 1952 UNIV OF N.M. PUB NO 4, P. 198-218

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P.106

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