Hanks-Miller-Leach Group

The Hanks-Miller-Leach Group is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hanks-Miller-Leach Group

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Mc Ardle 6)
Years: 1895 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Discovery Year: 1887
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): HANKS PROPERTY WAS LOCATED IN 1887. ORE SHIPPED FROM THE PROPERTY BY MCARDLE IN 1895-6 ASSAYED 24% CU AND 14 OZ/TON AG (SCHRADER, 1912, P 102-3, 137). THIS GROUP IS COMPRISED OF 27 OR MORE CLAIMS, THE HANKS GROUP COMPRISING THE NINE END CLAIMS ON THE SE. (SCHRADER, 1912, P 135) THE HANKS MINE HAD SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1916-1917 (GRANGER, ET. AL., 1957, P 40) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): +/- 1000 M.

Comment (Production): ORE SHIPPED BY MCARDLE IN 1895-1896 ASSAYED 24% CU AND 14 OZ/TON AG. SOME SMALL PRODUCTION 1916-1917, TOO.

Comment (Development): 27 OR MORE CLAIMS. ORE SHIPPED IN 1895-1896 AND 1916-1917

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, ASSOCIATED WITH IGNEOUS CONTACT, DIKES, FAULTS

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45.

Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, A.E., ET. AL. (1957) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU MINES BULL. 54.

Reference (Production): SMITH (1976)

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.