The Deep Creek Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 1,880 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,880 Feet (573 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.86389, -117.71500
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Deep Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deep Creek Mine
Secondary: Gorien Zinc
Secondary: Northport
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Northport
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Columbia Resources, Inc.
Owner Name: Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co.
Production
Year: 1956
Time Period: 1944-1956
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^5.7 % Zn, 1.4 % Pb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1944
Discovery Year: 1914
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Okanogan Highlands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR PIPE-LIKE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Overturned Beds And Stonewall Thrust Fault Near Intrusive Contact With Granodiorite.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Tremolite
Comments
Comment (Workings): PRODUCTION WAS FROM 5 SEPARATE ORE BODIES. MINE DEVELOPED BY 750-FOOT INCLINED SHAFT AND 9 LEVELS. HORIZONTAL AXIS OF ORE BODIES APPROXIMATED STRIKE OF BEDDING
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: LARGE VOLUME OF WATER AT DEPTH REQUIRED MUCH DRILLING FOR GROUT AND CEMENTING. COMPETENT HOST ROCK PERMITTED LOW-COST MINING METHOD.
Comment (Deposit): CROSSCUTTING DOLOMITE BEDS LED TO DISCOVERY OF 4 ORE BODIES. PYRITE HALOS AROUND PB-ZN ORE BODIES. TREMOLITE ABUNDANT IN SOME ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1948 DIREXPL GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. - PRODUCED
Reference (Deposit): 1944 DIREXPL JAMISON - HIGGINBOTHAM MINING CO. PRODUCED
Reference (Deposit): WADDELL, G.G., 1963, MINING METHODS AND COSTS, DEEP CREEK ZINC-LEAD MINE, GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO., STEVENS COUNTY, WASH.: U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 8174, P.39
Reference (Production): USBM INF. CIRC. 7872
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 AND GEOL. BULL. 37, VOL. I, P. 376
Reference (Deposit): FULKERSON, F.B. AND KINGSTONE, G.A. 1958, MINE PRODUCTION OF GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD AND ZINC IN PEND OREILLE AND STEVENS COUNTIES, WASH. 1902-56: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 7872
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, C.D., 1946, LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS IN PART OF THE NORTHPORT MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, MAPS ONLY.
Reference (Deposit): 1941 DIREXPL WESTERN KNAPP ENGINEERING CO. - SANK 350-FT. SHAFT
Reference (Deposit): 1943 GEOLMAP CAMPBELL, C.D., OPEN-FILE RPT.
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