Mine detail: Richmond

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Location: Yakima County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.83899, -121.22785
dep_id: 10009081
mrds_id: D001742
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Minor mineral: Antimony, Copper, Silver, Zinc
Trace mineral: Arsenic, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Siderite
orebody_fm: DISSEMINATED IN VEINLETS AS STRINGERS AND BLEBS
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Reporter: Miller, M. H., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Andesite
Structure: N40w-Trending Shear Zone
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
disc_yr: 1917
References:
  • 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.
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