Mine detail: Silver Mountain

Previously called 'Silver Star'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.74595, -119.55923

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1943

Geology

Host rock:Anarchist Group
Host type:Metasedimentary Rock
Structure:Marine Sediments Of The Anarchist Group Were Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin.

References

MRDSSP00289
DEP10056036
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:: PURDY, C.P., JR., 1952, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1952: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 20, 75 P.}{Deposit:: RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1976, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE CONCONULLY QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1402, 58 P., 1 PL.}
ReporterBerger, Mary A., Frank, Dave