Mine detail: Fourth of July Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

48.47733, -119.72839

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Lead
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Argentite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Silver, Stephanite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	ORE SHOOTS
Discovery year:	1887

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1889
Last production ended:	1967

Geology

Host rock:	Salmon Creek
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Similkameen Batholith
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Small Faults Parallel And Oblique To The Vein

References

MRDS	M056618
DEP	10041538
Reference	{Deposit:: WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 303.}{Deposit:: WASH. DMG IC 48, P. 16}{Deposit:: WASH. DMG IC 49, P. 8, 13-14}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 640, P. 32}{Production:: MOEN, 1973}
Reporter	Mccoy, Gail, Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.)