Usage:
Hanover Granodiorite Porphyry (NM)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous or younger
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Sill in Pewabic Mine area, in Central mining district near Hanover, Grant Co., southwestern NM. Stock [approx. 1 mi northwest of Santa Rita in southeast corner of Sante Rita quadrangle].
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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