New Mexico · Grant County
Past Producer

Hanover Mountain Mine

Grant County, New Mexico, United States
CopperIronGoldSilverLeadZinc
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Description

Known To Spanish Prior To 1858

Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Iron
SecondaryGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTabular, Massive
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Marmatite, Sphalerite, Molybdenite
GangueQuartz, Sericite, Magnesite, Pyrite, Serpentine
Other materialsAndradite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Hedenbergite, Ilvaite, Marialite, Montmorillonite, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Colorado
Associated rockDiorite · Fierro-Hanover Stock
StructureBarringer Fault. Deposit Localized Near Intersection Of Ne-Trending Fault Zones With N- And S-Trending Fractures.
AlterationGranodiorite To Quartz Monzonite Dikes Extensively Altered To Sericite And Quartz. Sandstone And Hornfels Silicified.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1841
Identification
Deposit ID10097911
MRDS IDD011551
Alternate namesHanover Mine Includes Gilchrist Tunnel, Hanover Tunnel, And Part of Hanover Shaft., Continental Mine, Cobre, Chino, Union
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates32.85428, -108.07978
References
Spencer, A. C., And Paige, Sidney, 1935, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 859, P. 5-6.Harrer, C. M., And Kelly, F. J., 1963, U.S. Bureau Of Mines Information Circular 8190, 112 P.Jones, F. A., 1904, New Mexico Mines And Minerals: Santa Fe, New Mexico Printing Company, P. 41.Kelly, V. C., 1949, New Mexico University Publications In Geology Series, No. 2, 246 P.Lindgren, Waldemar, Graton, L. C., And Gordon, C. H., 1910, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 68, P. 306.Nm Bur. Immigration, 1901, P. 96.Schmitt, H. A., 1935, American Institute Of Mining And Metallurgical Engineers Transactions, V. 115, P. 198-199.Hillesland, L.L., Et Al, 1994, General Geology Of The Continental Mine, Grant County, Nm: Cobre Mining Co., Unpublished Report, 22 P.Einaudi, M.T., 1982, Description of skarns associated with porphyry copper plutons, in Titley, S.R., ed., Advances in geology of the porphyry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.Hernon, R. M., Jones, W. R., And Moore, S. L., 1964 USGS Geologic Map, Gq-306Richter and Lawrence, 1983; USBM Production DataRichter, 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 sheetNorth, 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 SocietyCentral Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico. In Ore Deposits Of The United States, 1933-1967 (Aime Graton-Sales) V. 2, 1968, Pp. 1212-1237.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.U.V. Industries Annual Report, 1974, P. 4.U.S. Bureau Of Mines, Mas, U.S. Bureau Of Mines Computer Data Bank, 1979.Richter, D. H., And Lawrence, V. A., 1983, Mineral Deposit Map Of The Silver City Quadrangle, I-1310-B.