The Sierra Zinc Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 2,241 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,241 Feet (683 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 48.775, -117.66750
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Sierra Zinc Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sierra Zinc Mine
Secondary: Blue Ridge
Secondary: Aladdin
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Northport
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co.
Production
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1909-1944
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^5.43 % Zn, 0.67 % Pb, 0.491 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.012 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Discovery Year: 1889
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Okanogan Highlands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tonalite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODY ABOUT A MILE SOUTH OF CONTACT BETWEEN METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND SPIRIT PLUTON OF CRETACEOUS AGE. ORE MINERALS GENERALLY CONCENTRATED IN LAYERS PARALLEL TO BEDDING IN MARBLE.
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY 6 ADITS AND 470 FEET OF SHAFT UPPER 2 LEVELS CONNECTED TO A LOWER 2 BY A 260-FT 30 DEG. INCLINED SHAFT. MAIN ORE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO ORE BEDS, EACH 4 TO 12 FT THICK, SEPARATED BY 10 TO 20 FT OF BARREN MARBLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): YATES, R.G., 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE DEEP CREEK AREA, STEVENS AND PEND OREILLE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-412
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 37 VOL. I, P. 380
Reference (Deposit): MINING WORLD, MARCH 1943, SIERRA ZINC COMPANY, P. 22-28
Reference (Deposit): 1906 DIREXPL ALADDIN MINING CO. - PRODUCED
Reference (Deposit): 1910 DIREXPL BLUERIDGE MINING CO - PRODUCED
Reference (Deposit): 1940 DIREXPL SIERRA ZINC CO. - PRODUCED
Reference (Deposit): 1943 GEOLMAP C.D. CAMPBELL, UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7872
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