Hannah Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10069778
MRDS ID W007460
Record type Site
Current site name Hannah Mine
Related records 10172863

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.17924, 46.27989 (WGS84)
Elevation 2493
Relative position ABOUT 2 KM SE OF RED LION MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fred Burr Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 013W 13 SW OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.17924, 46.27989

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cable Stock

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 50 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG SE
    Length 20M
    Width 10M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 4 Fissure Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • HASMARK FM STRIKES N 30 E AND DIPS 65-75 E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Red Lion-Hidden Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Milwaukee Gold Extraction Co.

Comments on the production information

  • 1880-1906 $ 15000 AU AND SEVERAL THOUSAND IN AG. PRODUCTION FROM 1906-1910 EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THIS AMOUNT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 103.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3800 FT TRAMWAY BETWEEN MINE AND MILL AN ADIT, SHAFT AND A GASOLINE HOIST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 40-42.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 239.

  • Deposit

    1906 GEOLMAP EMMONS AND CALKINS

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP MBMG F. N. EARLL

  • Production

    USGS PP 78; MBMG BULL 84.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON ADIT LEVEL THE ORE BODY IS RUDELY ELLIPTICAL ABOUT 30 FT WIDE AND 40 FT LONG. THE LONGER AXIS CONFORMS APPROX. TO THE BEDDING PLANE OF THE COUNTRY ROCK AND STRIKE OF THE RED LION VEIN. APPARENTLY THE ORE BODY IS A SWELLING OF THE RED LION VEIN AT ITS CROSSING WITH 4 FISSURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Krohn, Douglas H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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