Hanni Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089293
MRDS ID W015654
Record type Site
Current site name Hanni Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.70806, 43.88361 (WGS84)
Elevation 2835
Relative position 5 MI WSW OF MACKAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mackay Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 023E 3 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE HEAD OF CLIFF CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHANNEL SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.13% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Mackay Granite-Granite Porphyry
    Rock description Mackay Granite-Granite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Rock unit name Tactite, Marble;White Knob Limestone
    Rock description Tactite, Marble;White Knob Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.70806, 43.88361

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 DEG W
    Dip 55 DEG W
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Marble And Granitic Intrusion; Cross-Fractures Striking E-W, Dipping 85 Deg S

Comments on the geologic information

  • BOTH COOK (1956) AND LELAND (1957) REFER TO NELSON AND ROSS' GRANITE PORPHYRY AS QUARTZ MONZONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1953

Mining district

District name Lava Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.6 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 18 UNITS WO3 FROM ITEM 1 (HOBBS, S. W., 1964, IDAHO BUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1)

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    LELAND, G. R., 1957, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MACKAY STOCK AREA: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 71 P.

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S. W., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCE-TUNGSTEN, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 223-233.

  • Deposit

    NELSON, W. H., AND ROSS, C. P., 1968, GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE ALDER CREEK MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1252-A, 30 P.

  • Deposit

    1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP NELSON, W. H., AND ROSS, C. P., BULL. 1252-A

  • Production

    COOK, E. F., 1956, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-09-01 Steigner, William D.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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