Mine detail: Silver Horseshoe

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

48.04064, -121.5301

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead
Tertiary:	Tungsten, Arsenic, Molybdenum, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	VEIN
Discovery year:	1940

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Eastern Melange Belt;Eastern Melange Belt;Squire Creek Stock And Realted Intrusive Rocks
Host type:	Argillite
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDS	M025716
DEP	10095353
Reference	{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37,V. 1, P. 322.}{Deposit:: CARITHERS, WARD, AND GUARD, A.K., 1945, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SULTAN BASIN, SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 36, P. 39, 47-49.}{Deposit:: TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.}
Reporter	Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.