Mine detail: Black Warrior Prospect

Previously called 'Blue Devil'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.47982, -121.02538

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: VEIN, NARROW LENS IN SHEAR ZONE
Discovery year: 1889

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Eldorado Pluton
Host type:Gneiss
Associated type:Lamprophyre
Structure:East Trending-Near Vertical Shear Zone
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDSM060148
DEP10042382
Reference{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.}
ReporterPuffett, Willard P., Peterson, Jocelyn A.