Mine detail: Hanover Mountain Mine

Previously called 'Hanover Mine Includes Gilchrist TunnelHanover TunnelAnd Part of Hanover Shaft.CobreChinoUnionContinental Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.85428, -108.07978

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Iron
Secondary: Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Marmatite, Sphalerite, Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz, Sericite, Magnesite, Pyrite, Serpentine
Orebody form: Tabular, Massive
Other material: Andradite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Hedenbergite, Ilvaite, Marialite, Montmorillonite, Rhodochrosite

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1841

Geology

Host rock:Colorado
Host type:Sandstone
Associated rock:Fierro-Hanover Stock
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Barringer Fault. Deposit Localized Near Intersection Of Ne-Trending Fault Zones With N- And S-Trending Fractures.
Alteration processes:Granodiorite To Quartz Monzonite Dikes Extensively Altered To Sericite And Quartz. Sandstone And Hornfels Silicified.

References

MRDSD011551
DEP10097911
Reference{Deposit:: Spencer, A. C., And Paige, Sidney, 1935, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 859, P. 5-6.}{Deposit:: Harrer, C. M., And Kelly, F. J., 1963, U.S. Bureau Of Mines Information Circular 8190, 112 P.}{Deposit:: Jones, F. A., 1904, New Mexico Mines And Minerals: Santa Fe, New Mexico Printing Company, P. 41.}{Deposit:: Kelly, V. C., 1949, New Mexico University Publications In Geology Series, No. 2, 246 P.}{Deposit:: Lindgren, Waldemar, Graton, L. C., And Gordon, C. H., 1910, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 68, P. 306.}{Deposit:: Nm Bur. Immigration, 1901, P. 96.}{Deposit:: Schmitt, H. A., 1935, American Institute Of Mining And Metallurgical Engineers Transactions, V. 115, P. 198-199.}{Deposit:: Hillesland, L.L., Et Al, 1994, General Geology Of The Continental Mine, Grant County, Nm: Cobre Mining Co., Unpublished Report, 22 P.}{Deposit:: Einaudi, M.T., 1982, Description of skarns associated with porphyry copper plutons, in Titley, S.R., ed., Advances in geology of the porphyry copper deposits, southwestern North America: Tucson, University of Arizona Press, p. 139-183.}{Deposit:: Hernon, R. M., Jones, W. R., And Moore, S. L., 1964 USGS Geologic Map, Gq-306}{Deposit:: Richter and Lawrence, 1983; USBM Production Data}{Deposit:: Richter, D.H., and Lawrence, V.A., 1983, Mineral deposit map of the Silver City 1o x 2o quadrangle, New Mexico and Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series, Map I-1310-B, 70 p. and 1 sheet}{Deposit:: North, R.M., and McLemore, V.T., 1988, A classification of the precious metal deposits of New Mexico, in Schafer, R.W., Cooper, J.J., and Vikre, P.G., eds., Bulk mineable precious metal deposits of the western United States: Reno, Nevada Geological Society}{Geology:: Central Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico. In Ore Deposits Of The United States, 1933-1967 (Aime Graton-Sales) V. 2, 1968, Pp. 1212-1237.}{Geology:: Lasky, S. G. And Hoagland, A. D. Central Mining District, New Mexico, In Symposium On The Geology, Paragenesis, And Reserves Of The Ores Of Lead And Zinc, 18th Int. Geol.Cong., London, 1948, Pp. 97-110.}{Production:: U.V. Industries Annual Report, 1974, P. 4.}{Reserve-Resource:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines, Mas, U.S. Bureau Of Mines Computer Data Bank, 1979.}{Reserve-Resource:: Richter, D. H., And Lawrence, V. A., 1983, Mineral Deposit Map Of The Silver City Quadrangle, I-1310-B.}
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