| Deposit ID | 10071334 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W014667 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Nancy Hanks Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Minnie Palmer |
| Related records | 10245594 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.34621, 46.82739 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1844 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 0.5 KM NORTHWEST OF GARNET |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Granite(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Elevation Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Granite |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 012N | 014W | 03 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | AVERAGE 3-4% CU, 10OZ/TON AG, 4OZ/TON AU |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Garnet Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Garnet Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Hasmark Formation |
| Rock description | Hasmark Formationt |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -113.34621, 46.82739 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Bearmouth Overthrust, Deep Creek Anticline, Mount Baldy Synclinorium |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Stock Has Intruded Northern Limb Of Deep Creek Anticline Which Trends About N 70 E And Plunges About 30 Deg. W. Post Ore Movement In Plane Of Vein Has Severely Crushed Ore In Many Places. Veins Have Been Cut By Transverse And Strike Faults, But Few Have Displacements Greater Than 1 M. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 85 E |
| Dip | 30 N |
| Length | 2000M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1874 |
| Discoverer | S. I. Ritchey |
| Year of first production | 1896 |
| District name | Garnet (First Chance) District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | American Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | American Mining Co. |
| Home office | 700 Securities Bldg., Seattle, Wa. 98101 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1500M |
| Overall depth | 150M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W014667 |
USGS BULL 660, P. 182-184.
MBMG MEM NO 31 P. 32.
MBMG MEM NO 39, P. 28.
MBMG BULL 82, P. 8.
USGS BULL. 660-F, MBMG MEM. 39
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | "RED ORE" SHOOT PRODUCED AT LEAST 50% OF THE TOTAL PRODUCTION. A TABULAR BODY 165 FT LONG, AND FROM 1-3 FT THICK, PINCHING OUT SLIGHTLY W. IT IS W OF OLD SHAFT. INDIVIDUAL VEINS IN THIS ZONE, WHICH IS ABOUT 2000 M LONG, RARELY PERSIST IN LENGTH OR DEPTH FOR MORE THAN 50 M. |
| Deposit | THE NANCY HANKS VEIN SYSTEM IS THE NORTHERNMOST OF THREE VEIN SYSTEMS IN THE FIRST CHANCE DISTRICT. ON THIS COMPOSITE VEIN ARE THE SHAMROCK, DEWEY, NANCY HANKS, AND CASCADE MINES, NAMED IN ORDER FROM EAST TO WEST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1976 | Krohn, Douglas H. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1981 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 06-AUG-2008 | Schruben, Paul | U.S. Geological Survey | Fixed lat/long - county disagreement. |
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