Mine detail: Holden Mine

Previously called 'Howe SoundIrene'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.1961, -120.78

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Silver, Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic, Lead, Nickel, Uranium, Sulfur-Pyrite, Molybdenum
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Bournonite, Sphalerite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Molybdenite, Chalcocite, Malachite, Pitchblende, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Actinolite, Apatite, Arsenopyrite, Biotite, Chlorite, Epidote, Garnet, Sericite, Sillimanite, Sphene, Tourmaline, Zircon
Orebody form: Massive sulfide, Tabular, Lense, Disseminated
Discovery year: 1887

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1938
Last production ended: 1957

Geology

Host rock:Buckskin Schist, Rocks of the Napeequa River area
Host type:Schist,Tuff,Gneiss
Associated type:Plutonic Rock

References

MRDSW017896
MAS530070001
DEP10180545
Reference{Deposit:: Mosier, D.L., Berger, V.I., and Singer, D.A., 2009, Volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits of the world; database and grade and tonnage models: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1034 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1034/].}{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:: Derkey, R.E., Joseph, N.L., and Lasmanis, Raymond, 1990, Metal mines of Washington - Preliminary report: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Open File Report 90-18, p. 13}{Deposit:: HUTTLE,J B HOWE SOUN* HOLDEN MINE NEARS PRODUCTION. ENG MIN. JOUR., VOL. 139, NO. 1, 1938, PP. 32-35.}{Deposit:: NORTHWEST MINING. CHELAN COPPER. DEC. 1, 1938, PP. 7-8.}{Deposit:: MINING WORLD. SAFETY AND RECREATION FACILITIES AND PROGRAM OF THE HOLDEN MINE. VOL. 2, NO. 9, 1940, 15-17.}{Deposit:: Stotelmeyer, R.b., Johnson, F.L., McHugh, E.L., Federspiel, F.E., Denton, D.K., Jr., and Stebbins, s.A., 1982, Mineral investigat5ion of the Glacier Peak Wilderness and adjacent areas, Chelan, Skagit, and Snohomish Counties, Washington: U.S. Bureau of Mines MLA OFR 89-82.}{Geology:: YOUNGBERG, E. A., AND WILSON, T. L. GEOLOGY OF THE HOLDEN MINE. ECON. GEOL., VOL. 47, NO. 1, 1952, PP. 1-12.}{Geology:: Nold, J.L., 1983, The Holden Mine, a metamorphosed volcanogenic deposit in the Cascade Range of Washington: Economic Geology v. 78, no. 5, p. 944-953.}{Geology:: WATSON, D. W., 1957, ORE LOCALIZATION AT THE HOLDEN MINE, CHELAN COUNTY, WASH., WASH STATE UNIV. M. S. THESIS, 43 PP.}{Geology:: Dames & Moore, 1999, Draft Final Remedial investigation report, Holden Mine site, volume 1A - Report: Dames & Moore prepared for Alumet, Inc., 1,567 p.}{Geology:: DU BOIS, ROBERT LEE, 1954, PETROLOGY AND GENESIS OF THE ORES OF THE HOLDEN MINE AREA, UNIV. OF WASH. PHD THESIS, 222 PP.}{Geology:: CATER, F.D., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOLDEN QUADRANGLE, SNOHOMISH AND CHELAN COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-646, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:62,500.}{Geology:: Cater, F.W., 1982, Intrusive rocks of the Holden and Lucerne quadrangles, Washington - The relation of depth zones, composition, textures, and emplacement of plutons: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1220, 108 p.}{Geology:: NORTHWEST MINING. BUILDING THE CHELAN MILL. DEC. 1, 1938, PP. 9-13.}{Geology:: PEARSE, H. A., AND ZANADUOROFF, F. A. HOWE SOUN* NEW HOLDEN MILL. ENG. MIN. JOUR., VOL. 140, NO. 11, 1939, PP. 31-34.}{Geology:: MINING WORLD. ZINC RECOVERY IN THE HOLDEN MILL. VOL. 6, NO. 10, 1944, PP. 15-18.}{Geology:: ZANADVOROFF, U. A. DISPOSAL OF MILL TAILINGS AT THE HOLDEN CONCENTRATOR. AIME TECH PUB. 1989, MIN TECHNOL., 1946, PP.1-8}{Geology:: SODERBURG, R. L. MINING METHODS OF THE HOLDEN MINE, HOWE SOUND CO., CHELAN DIVISION, HOLDEN, WASH. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7448, 1948, 27 PP.}{Geology:: YOUNGBERG, E. A. DRILLING BLASTHOLES AT THE HOLDEN MINE WITH PERCUSSION DRILLS AND TUNGSTEN CARBIDE BITS. AIME TECH PUB. 2558, MIN. ENG., VOL. 1, NO. 3, 1949, PP. 75-78}{Geology:: HUTTLE, J. B. SOME UNDERGROUND CHANGES AT THE HOLDEN MINE. ENG. MIN. JOUR., VOL. 150, NO. 4, 1949, PP. 84-87.}{Geology:: CURZON, J. J. ROCK DRILLING PROGRESS AT HOLDEN. MIN. CONG. JOUR., VOL. 35, NO. 11, 1949, PP. 35-38.}{Geology:: NEWMAN, J. M. LONGHOLE DRILLING RAISES SUCCESSFUL AT HOLDEN. MIN. ENG., VOL. 3, NO. 10, 1951, PP. 857-859}{Geology:: MCWILLIAMS, J. R. MINING METHODS AND COSTS AT THE HOLDEN MINE, CHELAN DIVISION, HOWE SOUND CO., CHELAN CO., WASH., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7870, 1958, 43 PP.}{Geology:: WILLIAMS, E. P., 1941, STOPING WITH DIAMOND DRILL BLAST HOLES AT THE HOLDEN MINE, UNIV. OF WASH THESIS.}{Production:: WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. OF ECOLOGY. CONFIRMED AND SUSPECTED CONTAMINATED SITES REPORT, OCT. 13, 1993.}{Workings:: MINING WORLD. POWDER-BLAST MINING AT THE HOLDEN MINE. VOL. 2, NO. 6, 1940, PP. 2-7.}{Workings:: MINING WORLD. POWDER BLASTING PRACTICE AT THE HOLDEN MINE. VOL. 2, NO. 7, 1940, PP. 11-16.}{Workings:: CURZON, J. J. MINING METHODS USED AT THE HOLDEN MINE. MIN. CONG. JOUR., VOL. 27, NO. 3, 1941, PP. 10-17.}{Workings:: MINING WORLD. DIAMOND-DRILL BLAST HOLE MINING AT HOLDEN. VOL. 6, NO. 6, 1944, PP. 17-23.}{Workings:: PHILLIPS, W. S., AND SODERBURG, R. L. THE HOLDEN METHOD OF LOADING DIAMOND DRILL BLAST HOLES. MINING WORLD, VOL. F, NO. 1, 1945, PP. 11-13.}{Workings:: CURZON, J. J., CHANGING MINING METHODS AT THE HOLDEN MINE. TRANS. AIME VOL. 163, 1945, PP. 73-95.}{Workings:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. DIAMOND DRILLING AS APPLIED TO ORE PRODUCTION. VOL. 147 NO. 1, 1946, PP. 58-64.}
ReporterBenjamin, Berger, Mary A., Frank, Dave, King, R.U., Peterson, J.A., Cox, Dennis