Mine detail: Sierra Zinc Mine

Previously called 'Blue RidgeAladdin'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.77485, -117.66861

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1889

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1909

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Marble,Phyllite,Mica Schist
Associated rock:	Tonalite Dikes And Sills
Associated type:	Tonalite

References

MRDS	M060113
DEP	10042356
Reference	{Deposit:: YATES, R.G., 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE DEEP CREEK AREA, STEVENS AND PEND OREILLE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-412}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 37 VOL. I, P. 380}{Deposit:: MINING WORLD, MARCH 1943, SIERRA ZINC COMPANY, P. 22-28}{Deposit:: 1906 DIREXPL ALADDIN MINING CO. - PRODUCED}{Deposit:: 1910 DIREXPL BLUERIDGE MINING CO - PRODUCED}{Deposit:: 1940 DIREXPL SIERRA ZINC CO. - PRODUCED}{Deposit:: 1943 GEOLMAP C.D. CAMPBELL, UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Production:: U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7872}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P.