| Lat / long: | 33.8329, -106.37057 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite, Lead |
| Secondary: | Silver, Copper |
| Tertiary: | Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium |
| Discovery year: | 1870 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | LODE (VEIN) |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1901 |
| Structure: | HANSONBURG DISTRICT IS LOCATED ALONG A MAJOR FAULT ZONE WHICH FORMS THE WEST-FACING ESCARPMENT OF THE NORTHERN OSCURA MOUNTAINS. THE FAULT ZONE TRENDS NORTH-SOUTH BUT IS PROGRESSIVELY OFFSET TO THE EAST BY SMALLER TRANSVERSE FAULTS. |
| Alteration processes: | SILICIFIED LIMESTONE |
| MRDS | D000053 |
| DEP | 60000189 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 103-104}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 203-205}{Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 63-73}{Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., AND WOOTEN, T.P., 1933 NMBMMR BULL 7, P. 108-109}{Deposit:: KOPICKI, R.J., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE HANSONBURG DISTRICT, BINGHAM, N.M., M.S. THESIS, NMIMT, 103 PAGES} |