Mine detail: Loon Lake Copper Mine

Previously called 'Kemp-KomarKey WestBluebird'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.14679, -117.6372

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1890

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1895

Geology

Host type:Quartzite,Argillite,Siltstone
Structure:On Upper Limb Of Large, Faulted, Recumbent Fold With Near Horizontal Axis.

References

MRDSM060110
DEP10103867
Reference{Deposit:: PATTY, E.N. 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23, P. 153-158}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES GEOL. BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 99}{Deposit:: MILLER, F.K., 1969, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LOON LAKE QUADRANGLE, STEVENS AND SPOKANE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY GEOLOGIC MAP GM-6}{Deposit:: FULKERSON, F.B. AND KINGSTON G.A. 1958, MINE PRODUCTION OF GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN PEND OREILLE AND STEEVENS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON, 1902-56: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC 7872}{Deposit:: 1890 DIREXPL KEMP-KOMAR MINE - DEVELOPMENT}{Deposit:: 1915 DIREXPL GEORGE CRANE - PRODUCTION}{Deposit:: 1918 DIREXPL LOON LAKE COPPER CO. - PRODUCTION; 1952 DIREXPL W. WEST - PRODUCTION.}{Production:: U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7872}
ReporterPuffett, Willard P.