Governor Group

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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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Governor Group  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Sierra

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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