Mine detail: Pend Oreille Mine

Previously called 'Flusey-HoopalaJosephineMetaline MetalsYellowheadWashingtonMetaline Falls'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.88014, -117.37221

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Cadmium
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR-GENERALLY PARALLEL TO BEDDING
Discovery year:	1896

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1917

Geology

Host rock:	Metaline Limestone-Silicified Brecciated Dolomite;Ledbetter Slate-Carbonaceous Argillite And Slate
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated rock:	Lamprophyre Dikes
Associated type:	Lamprophyre
Structure:	Nw Flank Of Ne Plunging Anticline, N To Ne Trending Steeply Dipping Faults
Tectonic:	Near West Edge Of Large Down-Dropped Block
Alteration processes:	Silicification And Brecciation

References

MRDS	M060153
DEP	10042386
Reference	{Deposit:: DINGS, M. D. AND WHITEBREAD, D. H., 1965, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE METALINE ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT, PEND OREILLE COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 489, P. 90-96}{Deposit:: MCCONNEL, R. H. AND ANDERSON, R. A., 1968, THE METALINE DISTRICT, WASHINGTON IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES (THE GRATON-SALES VOLUME): NEW YORK, AM. INST. MINING METALL. PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, V. 2, P. 1460-1480}{Deposit:: ADDIE, G. G., 1970, THE METALINE DISTRICT, PEND OREILLE COUNTY, WASHINGTON IN LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS IN THE KOOTENAY ARC, NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND ADJACENT BRITISH COLUMBIA: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 61, P. 65-78}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, V. 1, P. 371}{Deposit:: 1936 GEOLMAP C. F. PARK AND R. S. CANNON, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER}{Deposit:: 1945 GEOLMAP M. G. DINGS, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 489}{Production:: MCCONNEL, R. H. AND ANDERSON, R. A., 1968, P. 1462}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P.