The Jim Fair Mine is a iron mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 32.84722, -108.07528
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Jim Fair Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jim Fair Mine
Secondary: Eighty Six Mine
Secondary: Hanover Bessemer Iron Pits: Claims Patented In 1896
Secondary: Eighty Six
Secondary: Jim Fair No. 1
Secondary: Jim Thayer
Secondary: Gibhart
Secondary: Gibhart No. 2
Secondary: Includes Nonpareil Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fierro-Hanover District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Owner Name: Hanover Bessemer Iron And Copper Co.
Years: 1924 -
Production
Year: 1924
Time Period: 1909 To 1924
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 53.61% Fe.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1924
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 6.83% SIO2
Analytical Data: 0.03% P
Analytical Data: AVERAGE COMPOSITION: 53.61% FE
Analytical Data: 0.31% CU
Analytical Data: 0.21% S
Analytical Data: 7.20% MGO
Analytical Data: 2.50% CAO
Analytical Data: 0.50% MN
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnesite
Gangue: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1949 CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED ADIT WITH THREE PRINCIPAL LEVELS AND SEVERAL LARGE OPEN PITS.
Comment (Location): E OF FIERRO ACROSS HANOVER CREEK. ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE CLAIM GROUP.
Comment (Production): CONSIDERAL RESERVES REMAIN.
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OF ORDOVICIAN EL PASO LIMESTONE ALONG EAST SIDE OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK. ORE BODIES CAN BE AS THICK AS 12 M. FIVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 947 COVERING 95.13 ACRES.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D011665 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Production): KELLEY, V. C., 1949, P. 105, 108.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 312-313
Reference (Deposit): SPENCER, A. C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935 USGS BULL 859, P. 64-66
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V. C., 1949 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS, NO. 2, P. 102-108
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 53-54
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C. M., AND KELLY, F. J., 1963 USBM IC-8190, P. 27-30
Reference (Deposit): HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306
Reference (Deposit): JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, SIDNEY, 1908, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 380-E, P. 209-210.
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1964, NMBM BULLETIN 76, P. 50.
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