Mine detail: Hiawatha

Previously called 'Josie'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.90012, -119.547

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Spectacle Formation Of The Anarchist Group
Host type:Argillite
Associated rock:Whiskey Mountain Pluton
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Marine Sedimentary Rocks Of The Spectacle Formation Were Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin.

References

MRDSSP00225
DEP10055991
Reference{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:: RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LOOMIS QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 64, 124 P., 3 PL.}{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J.B., 1911, PART I.-- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT; PART II. -- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OROVILLE-NIGHTHAWK MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, 111 P.}{Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.}
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