Mine detail: Pend Oreille Mine

Previously called 'Flusey-HoopalaJosephineMetaline MetalsYellowheadWashingtonMetaline Falls'

Location:	Pend Oreille County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long:	48.88014, -117.37221
dep_id:	10042386
mrds_id:	M060153
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral:	Copper, Silver
Trace mineral:	Cadmium
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR-GENERALLY PARALLEL TO BEDDING
work_type:	Underground
alteration:	Silicification And Brecciation
ore_ctrl:	Brecciated Dolomite 20 To 200 Ft. Below Base Of Ledbetter Slate - Metaline Limestone Contact
Reporter:	Puffett, Willard P.
hrock_unit:	Metaline Limestone-Silicified Brecciated Dolomite;Ledbetter Slate-Carbonaceous Argillite And Slate
hrock_type:	Dolomite
arock_unit:	Lamprophyre Dikes
arock_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
Year first produced:	1917
disc_yr:	1896
References:	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