Mine detail: Silver Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.93037, -121.49425

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver, Lead
Secondary: Zinc, Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: VEIN, STOCKWORK

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Ohanapecosh Formation
Host type:Andesite
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSMP00241
DEP10048638
Reference{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. 327.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 153.}{Production:: HUNTTING, 1956}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.