Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formTABULAR - IRREGULAR THICKNESS
Ore controlShear Zones Parallel To Foliation
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Phyllite,Mica Schist
StructureSteeply Dipping, Ne Trending Metasedimentary Rocks Intruded By Granodiorite.
AlterationSericitization Of Wall Rock.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1906
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10042360
MRDS IDM060118
Alternate namesUnited Silver - Copper Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.32096, -117.6636
References
PATTY, E.N. 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23, P. 123-131CLARK, L.D. AND MILLER, F.K., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE CHEWELAH MOUNTAIN, QUADRANGLE, STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY GEOLOGIC MAP GM-5HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS, PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 37, VOL. I, P. 1041906 DIREXPL UNITED COPPER MINING CO. PRODUCTION1919 DIREXPL UNITED SILVER - CU MINING COMPANYU.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7872