Mine detail: Black Warrior Prospect

Previously called 'Blue Devil'

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Location: Chelan County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 48.47982, -121.02538
dep_id: 10042382
mrds_id: M060148
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: VEIN, NARROW LENS IN SHEAR ZONE
work_type: Unknown
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
ore_ctrl: East Trending Shear Zone
Reporter: Puffett, Willard P., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Eldorado Pluton
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Lamprophyre
Structure: East Trending-Near Vertical Shear Zone
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
disc_yr: 1889
discr: M. M. Kingman And Albert Pershall
References:
  • Deposit:: LANDES, HENRY, THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A. AND ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, PT. 2, P. 91-92.
  • Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 47.
  • Deposit:: TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.
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