Mine detail: Nancy Hanks Mine

Previously called 'Minnie Palmer'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.82739, -113.34621

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Lead
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Antimony
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Barite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1874

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1896

Geology

Host rock:	Hasmark Formation
Host type:	Diorite,Limestone
Associated rock:	Garnet Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Bearmouth Overthrust, Deep Creek Anticline, Mount Baldy Synclinorium, 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.
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W014667
DEP	10071334
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 660, P. 182-184.}{Deposit:: MBMG MEM NO 31 P. 32.}{Deposit:: MBMG MEM NO 39, P. 28.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 82, P. 8.}{Production:: USGS BULL. 660-F, MBMG MEM. 39}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul, Krohn, Douglas H., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)