| Lat / long: | 48.76235, -117.75639 |
| Primary: | Zinc, Lead |
| Ore: | Galena, Jamesonite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Barite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tremolite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1939 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Replacement |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1952 |
| Host rock: | Metaline Limestone, Dolomite |
| Host type: | Dolomite |
| Associated rock: | Spirit Pluton-Granodiorite |
| Associated type: | Mafic Intrusive Rock,Diorite |
| Structure: | Southern Part Of The Kootenay Arc., Pre-Ore Fault Is At Eastern End Of North Ore Body - Contains Dike Material And Sphalerite |
| Tectonic: | In Dolomite Near Contact With Spirit Pluton |
| Alteration processes: | Dark Gray Dolomite Decolored, Jasperoid And Tremolite |
| MRDS | M060114 |
| DEP | 10103868 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: COX, M.W. 1968, VAN STONE MINE AREA (LEAD-ZINC), STEVENS COUNTY IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES (THE GRATON-SALES VOLUME): NEW YORK, AIME, V.2, P. 1511-1519}{Deposit:: KESTEN, S.N., 1970, THE VAN STONE MINE STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON, IN LEAD-ZINC DEPOSIT IN THE KOOTENAY ARC, NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND ADJACENT BRITISH COLUMBIA: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 61, P.123}{Deposit:: 1926 DIREXPL HECLA MINING CO.}{Deposit:: 1938 DIREXPL WILLOW CREEK MINES - DRILLING AND UNDERGROUND DEV. PRODUCTION.}{Deposit:: 1950 DIREXPL AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING CO.}{Production:: KESTEN, N.S. 1970, IN WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 61} |
| Reporter | Puffett, Willard P. |