Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlMineralization Replaced Favorable Host Rock Adjacent To Intrusive Rock.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
GangueMagnesite, Pyrite, Serpentine
Geology
Host rockLimestone · El Paso Limestone
Associated rockDiorite · Hanover-Fierro Granodiorite Porphyry
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1924
Identification
Deposit ID10013432
MRDS IDD009717
Alternate namesEighty Six Mine, Hanover Bessemer Iron Pits: Claims Patented In 1896Eighty Six, Jim Fair No. 1, Jim Thayer, Gibhart, Gibhart No. 2, Includes Nonpareil Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.84733, -108.07589
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 312-313SPENCER, A. C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935 USGS BULL 859, P. 64-66KELLEY, V. C., 1949 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS, NO. 2, P. 102-108ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 53-54HARRER, C. M., AND KELLY, F. J., 1963 USBM IC-8190, P. 27-30HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGESNMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAPAIGE, SIDNEY, 1908, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 380-E, P. 209-210.SCHILLING, J.H., 1964, NMBM BULLETIN 76, P. 50.KELLEY, V. C., 1949, P. 105, 108.