Mine detail: Iowa-Olympia Claims

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Location

Lat / long: 48.43899, -121.05788

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: VEINS IN SHEAR ZONE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Cascade River Schist;;
Host type:Diorite
Structure:Tight Folding Along North-Northwest Trending Axes.
Tectonic:Active Margin (Leading Edge Of North American Plate)

References

MRDSM700348
DEP10047975
Reference{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 315.}{Deposit:: MOEN, W.A., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, P. 160-161.}{Deposit:: TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.}
ReporterLawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.