Mine detail: Mineral Hill Group

Previously called 'Frankie BoyColumbiaSeven DevilsWheeler MineWashington Consolidated'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.5665, -119.79673

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL, LENSES
Discovery year:	1886

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1896
Last production ended:	1939

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Structure:	Post-Metallization Shearing In Wallrock
Alteration processes:	Wallrock Adjacent To The Vein Has Been Hydrothermally Altered.

References

MRDS	M056610
DEP	10041533
Reference	{Deposit:: WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 303, 306.}{Deposit:: WASH. DMG IC 46, P. 15}{Deposit:: WASH. DMG IC 49, P. 20-24}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 640, P. 27-28}
Reporter	Mccoy, Gail, Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.)