Mine detail: Mineral Creek

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Location: Lewis County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.66648, -122.10176
dep_id: 10093016
mrds_id: SP00173
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Arsenic, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Realgar, Sphalerite
Reporter: Berger, Mary A., Frank, Dave
hrock_type: Andesite
tectonic: Rocks Of The Mineral Creek Mine Area A The Earliest Stages Of The Cascade Magmatic Arc Volcanism (Walsh And Other, 1987, Correlation Diagram; Swanson And Others, 1989, P. 5-7).
References:
  • 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:: SCHASSE, H.W., COMPILER, 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CENTRALIA QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 87-11, 28 P., 1 PL.
  • Deposit:: SWANSON, D.A.; CAMERON, K.A.; EVARTS, R.C.; PRINGLE, P.T.; VANCE, J.A., 1989, EXCURSION 1A--CENOZOIC VOLCANISM IN THE CASCADE RANGE AND COLUMBIA PLATEAU, SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERNMOST OREGON. IN CHAPIN, C.E.; ZIDEK, JIRI, EDITORS, FIELD EXCURSIONS TO VOLCANIC TERRANES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, VOLUME II, - CASCADES AND INTERMOUNTAIN WEST: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MEMOIR 47, P. 1-50.
  • Deposit:: WALSH, T.J.; KOROSEC, M.A.; PHILLIPS, W.M.; LOGAN, R.L.; SCHASSE, H.W., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF WASHINGTON - SOUTHWEST QUADRANT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES GEOLOGIC MAP GM-34, 2 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000, WITH 28 P. TEXT.
  • Deposit:: WDGER OF-9018
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