Hanks-Miller-Leach Group

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045980
MRDS ID M233884
Record type Site
Current site name Hanks-Miller-Leach Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.73395, 41.69324 (WGS84)
Relative position SE OF CHINA MT. SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blanchard Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • +/- 1000 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.73395, 41.69324

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granodiorite Contact, Faults, Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Year of first production 1895

Mining district

District name Contact (48)

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mc Ardle 6)
    First year 1895

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED BY MCARDLE IN 1895-1896 ASSAYED 24% CU AND 14 OZ/TON AG. SOME SMALL PRODUCTION 1916-1917, TOO.

Comments on development

  • 27 OR MORE CLAIMS. ORE SHIPPED IN 1895-1896 AND 1916-1917

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45.

  • Deposit

    HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, A.E., ET. AL. (1957) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU MINES BULL. 54.

  • Production

    SMITH (1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, ASSOCIATED WITH IGNEOUS CONTACT, DIKES, FAULTS
Deposit HANKS PROPERTY WAS LOCATED IN 1887. ORE SHIPPED FROM THE PROPERTY BY MCARDLE IN 1895-6 ASSAYED 24% CU AND 14 OZ/TON AG (SCHRADER, 1912, P 102-3, 137). THIS GROUP IS COMPRISED OF 27 OR MORE CLAIMS, THE HANKS GROUP COMPRISING THE NINE END CLAIMS ON THE SE. (SCHRADER, 1912, P 135) THE HANKS MINE HAD SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1916-1917 (GRANGER, ET. AL., 1957, P 40) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Weimer, Becky S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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