Mine detail: Talisman Mine

Previously called 'Laurier'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.98763, -118.2378

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Tertiary:	Tungsten, Bismuth, Cadmium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Epidote, Garnet, Magnetite
Orebody form:	LENS-IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1896

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1916

Geology

Host rock:	Granitic Gneiss, Amphibolite Schist
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss
Structure:	Foliation Strikes Nw-Dips Gently Sw., Steeply Dipping North-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	High-Grade Metamorphic Terrain.
Alteration processes:	Calc-Silicate Minerals Developed Abundantly.

References

MRDS	M060146
DEP	10042380
Reference	{Deposit:: BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 550, P. 201-202}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, V. 1, P. 55}{Production:: U.S.B.M.}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P.