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Locality Name:
Continental Mine, Hanover Mountain, Hanover-Fierro District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70
Youngest recorded age at locality: 57

mindat Locality ID: 35841
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35841.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Continental Mine, Hanover Mountain, Hanover-Fierro District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°50'46"N
Longitude: 108°5'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.846111111111,-108.09027777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	70	57	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70	57	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	70	57	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	70	57	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	70	57	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	70	57	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	70	57	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	70	57	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	70	57	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70	57	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	70	57	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00094	70	57	70–57									Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	35841	Continental Mine, Hanover Mountain, Hanover-Fierro District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA	Hannover Mountains	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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