Mine detail: Commonwealth Mine

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Location: Skamania County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.29981, -122.06702
dep_id: 10047837
mrds_id: M700164
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: VEIN
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
ore_ctrl: Fault
Reporter: Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ), Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Diorite
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
References:
  • Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P 77.
  • Deposit:: MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 17, 39.
  • Deposit:: ASHLEY, R.P., AND PETERSON, J.A., 1991, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, FIELD EXAM
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