Mine detail: Castle Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 48.38206, -118.85725

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Shale,Argillite
Tectonic:The Granite Of Moses Mountain Is Part Of The Keller Butte Suite Of Holder And Holder (1988). Rock Of The Keller Butte Suite Were Emplaced During Regional Ductile Stretching Associated With Deformation In The Metamorphic Core Complexes (Holder And Holder, 1988).

References

MRDSSP00205
DEP10055977
Reference{Deposit:: BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 550, 215 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:: JOSEPH, N. L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NESPELEM 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE 90-16, 47 P., 1 PL.}{Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., 1918, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 677, 186 P., 1 PL.}{Deposit:: PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.}{Deposit:: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, 1941, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING PROPERTIES: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7, 74 P.}{Deposit:: WDGER OF 90-18}
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