Mine detail: Azurite Mine

Previously called 'South AzuriteIbexChalcopyriteClaims: Azurite'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.6826, -120.78232

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	VEINS
Discovery year:	1915

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1918
Last production ended:	1939

Geology

Host rock:	Virginian Ridge Formation;Virginian Ridge Formation;Virginian Ridge Formation
Host type:	Mudstone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Deposit Is On Northeast Limb Of Northwest Trending Anticline., Shear Zones Trending N10w-S50w, Dipping 45-60n And W.
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:	Wall Rock Has Been Silicified, Chloritized, Sericitized, Kaolinized, And Pyritized.

References

MRDS	M700105
DEP	10047819
Reference	{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 175.}{Deposit:: MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 102-105.}{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. 542.}{Deposit:: GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SERIVCE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 29.}{Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E., GULICK, C.W., AND LINGLEY, W.S., JR., 1993, WASHINGTO * MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1992: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 21, NO. 1, P. 3-25.}{Production:: HUNTTING (1956)}
Reporter	Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ), Peterson, Jocelyn A.