The Hanni Mine is a tungsten mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 9,301 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,301 Feet (2,835 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 43.88361, -113.70806
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Hanni Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hanni Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Lava Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1953
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^1.6 % Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: White Knob Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHANNEL SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.13% WO3
Materials
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): AT THE HEAD OF CLIFF CREEK
Comment (Production): 18 UNITS WO3 FROM ITEM 1 (HOBBS, S. W., 1964, IDAHO BUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1)
Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT
Comment (Geology): BOTH COOK (1956) AND LELAND (1957) REFER TO NELSON AND ROSS' GRANITE PORPHYRY AS QUARTZ MONZONITE
References
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, E. F., 1956, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108, 40 P.
Reference (Deposit): LELAND, G. R., 1957, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MACKAY STOCK AREA: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 71 P.
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108
Reference (Deposit): 1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1
Reference (Deposit): 1968 GEOLMAP NELSON, W. H., AND ROSS, C. P., BULL. 1252-A
Reference (Production): COOK, E. F., 1956, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 108
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