Nancy Lee Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078295
MRDS ID W026560
Record type Site
Current site name Nancy Lee Mine
Related records 10197653, 10124584

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.95405, 47.27016 (WGS84)
Elevation 1125
Relative position 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keystone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 017N;018N 026W;026W 05,06;31,32 SE OF SW OF SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.95405, 47.27016

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Near Osburn Fault Zone - The Osburn Fault Is A Continuation Of The Montana Lineament
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults Related To Osburn Fault - Shears Strike N 50 Deg W

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 40 DEG NW
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 195.07M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Keystone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Atlas Mining Co.
    Home office Spokane, Wa
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nancy Lee Mines, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF ORE REPORTED BEFORE 1905. NO PRODUCTION 1919-27, 1929-35, 1937-43. NO GOLD 1928. NO SILVER, COPPER OR LEAD 1936. NO ZINC BEFORE 1928 OR IN 1936.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 975.36M
    Overall depth 195.07M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, A. B., 1960 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ST. REGIS - SUPERIOR AREA, MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1082 - I, P. 590 - 593

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, FRANCIS M., CROWLEY, FRANK A., SAHINEN, UUNO M., 1962, MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN LEAD AND ZINC MINING, MONTANA BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 30, P. 31

  • Production

    CAMPBELL, 1960 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, ETC., P. 593

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIGURES ABOVE FOR KING VEIN - THE QUEEN VEIN IS 2 TO 4 FT WIDE AND EXTENDS TO THE 245 FOOT LEVEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Berg, Richard B. (Krohn, D. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references