Mine detail: Iowa Claims

Previously called 'Mint'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.97731, -121.4976

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Copper
Secondary: Gold, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Orpiment, Powellite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz
Orebody form: VEIN
Discovery year: 1901

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1915

Geology

Host rock:Index Batholith;Index Batholith;Index Batholith;Eastern Melange Belt;Eastern Melange Belt
Host type:Gneiss
Structure:West-Northwest Trending Fractures And Veins
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDSM060138
DEP10042376
Reference{Deposit:: CARITHERS, WARD, AND GUARD, A.K., 1945, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SULTAN BASIN, SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 36, P. 62-65.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 86.}{Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 352.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB DATA.}{Deposit:: KING, R.U., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR-25, SCALE 1:3,168,000.}{Deposit:: CULVER, H.E., AND BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, P. 56.}{Deposit:: 1943 GEOLMAP WASHINGTON DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REAL MAP}{Production:: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 36}
ReporterPuffett, Willard P., Peterson, Jocelyn A.