Mine detail: Richmond

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Location

Lat / long:

46.83899, -121.22785

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Antimony, Copper, Silver, Zinc
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATED IN VEINLETS AS STRINGERS AND BLEBS
Discovery year:	1917

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Structure:	N40w-Trending Shear Zone
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDS	D001742
DEP	10009081
Reference	{Deposit:: PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 176.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 250.}{Deposit:: SIMMONS, G.C., VAN NOY, R.M., AND ZILKA, N.T., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COUGAR LAKES-MOUNT AIX STUDY AREA, YAKIMA AND LEWIS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1504, P. 55.}
Reporter	Miller, M. H., Peterson, Jocelyn A.