Mine detail: Spokane Molybdenum

Previously called 'Pitney ButteEgypt;'

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Location: Lincoln County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.88096, -118.16527
dep_id: 10055960
mrds_id: SP00179
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pitchblende, Sphalerite
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
ore_ctrl: Quartz Is Found In Muscovite-Rich Pegmatite Veins Of Two Types: (1) Milky White Quartz And (2) Gray, Massive Quartz In Segregations. Both Types Of Quartz Contain Sparse Flakes Of Molybdenite (Becraft, And Weis, 1963, P. 67-68). A Cross Fracture In The Main Vein Contains Lenses Of Black Radioactive Material (Huntting, 1956, P. 269).
Reporter: Berger, Mary A., Frank, Dave
hrock_type: Granite
arock_type: Andesite
tectonic: Cretaceous Granitic Rocks Intrude Rocks Of The Kootenay Arc And Adjacent Terranes In Northeastern Washington (Rhodes And Hyndman, 1988).
References:
  • Deposit:: BECRAFT, G.E.; WEIS, P.L., 1963, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE TURTLE LAKE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1131, 73 P., 6 PL.
  • 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:: PURDY, C.P. JR., 1954, MOLYBDENUM OCCURENECES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 18, 118 P., 6 PL.
  • Deposit:: RHODES, B.P.; HYNDMAN, D.W., 1988, REGIONAL METAMORPHISM, STRUCTURE, AND TECTONICS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. IN ERNST, W.G., EDITOR, METAMORPHISM AND CRUSTAL EVOLUTION OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES: PRENTICE-HALL [ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.], RUBEY VOLUME VII, P. 271-295.
  • Deposit:: WDGER OF 90-18
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