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Jim Fair Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013432
MRDS ID D009717
Record type Site
Current site name Jim Fair Mine
Alternate or previous names Eighty Six Mine, Hanover Bessemer Iron Pits: Claims Patented In 1896, Eighty Six, Jim Fair No. 1, Jim Thayer, Gibhart, Gibhart No. 2, Includes Nonpareil Mine
Related records 10296421

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.07589, 32.84733 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position ABOUT 13 MILES N 77 E OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rita Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 012W 10 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • E OF FIERRO ACROSS HANOVER CREEK. ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE CLAIM GROUP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Magnesite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE COMPOSITION: 53.61% FE
Result 0.03% P
Result 6.83% SIO2
Result 0.50% MN
Result 2.50% CAO
Result 7.20% MGO
Result 0.21% S
Result 0.31% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Hanover-Fierro Granodiorite Porphyry
    Rock description Hanover-Fierro Granodiorite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name El Paso Limestone
    Rock description El Paso Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.07589, 32.84733
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Replaced Favorable Host Rock Adjacent To Intrusive Rock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1924

Mining district

District name Fierro-Hanover District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hanover Bessemer Iron And Copper Co.
    First year 1924
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.

Production statistics

  • Year 1924
    Period 1909 To 1924
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 53.61% Fe.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 54wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • CONSIDERAL RESERVES REMAIN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 102.11M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1949 CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED ADIT WITH THREE PRINCIPAL LEVELS AND SEVERAL LARGE OPEN PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 312-313

  • Deposit

    SPENCER, A. C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935 USGS BULL 859, P. 64-66

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V. C., 1949 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PUBLICATIONS, NO. 2, P. 102-108

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 53-54

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C. M., AND KELLY, F. J., 1963 USBM IC-8190, P. 27-30

  • Deposit

    HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306

  • Deposit

    JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, SIDNEY, 1908, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 380-E, P. 209-210.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1964, NMBM BULLETIN 76, P. 50.

  • Production

    KELLEY, V. C., 1949, P. 105, 108.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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.
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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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