Mine detail: Wolframite Tungsten Claims

Previously called 'HatfieldFerris R. FordBorder LordBoundary GroupLast Chance ClaimWolframite Mountain'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.97677, -120.13313

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Zinc, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Bismuth, Lead
Ore:	Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	VEIN, STOCKWORK
Discovery year:	1898

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1916
Last production ended:	1942

Geology

Host rock:	Cathedral Batholith
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Numerous Small Normal Faults Of Small Displacements Offset Veins. Joint System (Ne Strike, 10-15nw Dip).
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:	Wall Rock Is Hydrothermally Altered; Silicification Of Vein Walls And Kaolinization Of Orthoclase To 2 Ft From The Vein Wall.

References

MRDS	M060164
DEP	10042396
Reference	{Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H., WEIS, P.L., TABOR, R.W., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., PATTEE, E.C., AND HOLT D.C., 1971, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PASAYTEN WILDERNESS AREA, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1325, P. 91-97.}{Deposit:: CULVER, H.E., AND BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, P. 36-41.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 344, 346.}{Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 286.}{Deposit:: 1965 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES-BULLETI}{Production:: HUNTTING, P. 346}{Reserve-Resource:: USGS BULL. 1325, P. 97}
Reporter	Unknown