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

MRDSM060146
DEP10042380
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.}
ReporterPuffett, Willard P.