Mine detail: Apache Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

48.15678, -119.01864

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite
Gangue:	Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1911

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Colville Batholith
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	The Major Shear Zone Is Displaced A Foot Or More In Several Places By Cross-Fractures Which Lead Out Erradically Into The Granite.
Alteration processes:	Sericitization Of Granite

References

MRDS	M056638
DEP	10041552
Reference	{Deposit:: WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 300.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 677, P. 72-74}
Reporter	Unknown, Lawson, William A.