Nancy Lee Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197653
MRDS ID W026560
MAS/MILS ID 0300610068
Record type Site
Current site name Nancy Lee Mine
Related records 10078295, 10124584

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.95159, 47.27238 (WGS84)
Elevation 1170
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 018 N 026 W 31 NWSESE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.95159, 47.27238

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 75S
    Thickness 90M
    Length 120M
    Width 1M
    Depth to top 6M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N80W:75S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 6
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 980218

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Superior

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Tierra Exploration Inc.
    ID 2400320
    Year 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES FROM 700,AVERAGES OF PRODUCTION STATISTICS TONNAGES ESTIMATED BY INVESTIGATOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL,1960,USGS BULL.1082-I,P.590-593,PL.30

  • Deposit

    E/MJ INTL. DIR. MINING, 1975, P155.

  • Deposit

    MBM&G MEM 31, 1949, P36.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-FEB-98 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/27/1982
MSHA mine ID2400320
Mine name (MSHA)Nancy Lee Mine
Current operatorWestern Silver Development Company
Current controller (parent)Elander Jay C
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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