Mine detail: Belcher

Previously called 'Blue Bell-Belcher'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.72374, -118.54724

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron, Copper, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Epidote, Garnet, Tremolite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Argillite,Siltstone,Limestone,Chert
Associated type:Rhyodacite
Tectonic:Eocene Felsic Rocks Intruded Permian-Triassic Metasedimentary And Metavolcanic Rocks Of The Republic Graben (Meussig, 1967, Geol. Map).

References

MRDSSP00061
DEP10055862
Reference{Deposit:: WDGER OFR 90-18}{Deposit:: BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 550, 215 P.}{Deposit:: GLOVER, S.L., 1942, WASHINGTON IRON ORES, A SUMMARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 2, 23 P.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.}{Deposit:: MUESSIG, SIEGFRIED, 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC QUADRANGLE AND PART OF THE AENEAS QUADRANGLE, FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1216, 135 P., 1 PL.}{Deposit:: SHEDD, SOLON; JENKINS, O. P.; COOPER, H.H., 1922, IRON ORES, FUELS, AND FLUXES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 27, 160 P., 1 PL.}
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