Mine detail: White Star

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Location: Chelan County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.51038, -120.98424
dep_id: 10009001
mrds_id: D001618
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper
Trace mineral: Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Tetrahedrite
orebody_fm: VEIN
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Reporter: Miller, M. H., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Ingalls Tectonic Complex
hrock_type: Peridotite
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
References:
  • Deposit:: PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 157.
  • Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 208.
  • Deposit:: GUALTIERI, J.L., SIMMONS, G.C., THURBER, H.K., AND MILLER, M.S., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 1918, P. 96-98.
  • Deposit:: TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., BOOTH, D.B., HETHERINGTON, M.J., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CHELAN 30-MINUTE BY 60-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1661, SCALE 1:100,000.
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