Mine detail: Spokane Molybdenum

Previously called 'Pitney ButteEgypt;'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.88096, -118.16527

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pitchblende, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated type:Andesite
Tectonic:Cretaceous Granitic Rocks Intrude Rocks Of The Kootenay Arc And Adjacent Terranes In Northeastern Washington (Rhodes And Hyndman, 1988).

References

MRDSSP00179
DEP10055960
Reference{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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