The Fierro-Hanover District is a iron, lead, and zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Fierro-Hanover District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fierro-Hanover District
Secondary: Central City
Secondary: Fierro
Secondary: Hanover
Secondary: Hanover-Fierro
Secondary: Hanover Gulch
Secondary: Ivanhoe
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Manganese
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: FIERRO-HANOVER DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: IRON-ZINC SKARN-REPLACEMENT
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Year Last Production: 1982
Discovery Year: 1880
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: HANOVER-FIERRO DOMAL ANTICLINE; HANOVER-FIERRO STOCK; FT. BAYARD ARCH; FAULTS
Type: L
Description: HANOVER-FIERRO STOCK; HANOVER-FIERRO DOMAL ANTICLINE; FT. BAYARD ARCH; FAULTS
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: SERICITIZATION
Alteration Text: SERICITIZATION, EPIDOTE, SERPENTINE
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): HERNON, R.M., JONES, W.R., AND MOORE, S.L., 1965, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 16TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 175-184
Reference (Deposit): JONES, W.R., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 160-176
Reference (Deposit): JONES, W.R., HERNON, R.M., AND MOORE, S.L., 1967, USGS PP 555, 141 P.
Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND KELLY, F.J., 1963, USBM IC-8190, P. 27-30
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 305-315
Reference (Deposit): KNIFFEN, L.M., 1930, USBM IC-6361, 20 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): SPENCER, A.C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935, USGS BULL 859, P. 66-69
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1936, USGS BULL 870, 141 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL 39
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