Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondarySilver, Gold
TertiaryMolybdenum, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlMarble Beds Below Impervious Gouge Zones Along Low Dipping Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Marble,Phyllite,Mica Schist
Associated rockTonalite · Tonalite Dikes And Sills
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1909
Discovery year1889
Identification
Deposit ID10042356
MRDS IDM060113
Alternate namesBlue Ridge, Aladdin
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.77485, -117.66861
References
YATES, R.G., 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE DEEP CREEK AREA, STEVENS AND PEND OREILLE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-412HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 37 VOL. I, P. 380MINING WORLD, MARCH 1943, SIERRA ZINC COMPANY, P. 22-281906 DIREXPL ALADDIN MINING CO. - PRODUCED1910 DIREXPL BLUERIDGE MINING CO - PRODUCED1940 DIREXPL SIERRA ZINC CO. - PRODUCED1943 GEOLMAP C.D. CAMPBELL, UNPUBLISHED REPORTU.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7872