The Cleveland Mine is a lead mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 3,399 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: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 48.11694, -118.02306
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Cleveland Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cleveland Mine
Secondary: Santa Rita
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Deertrail District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Cleveland Silver Mines, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Discovery Year: 1892
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 - Huckleberry Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Steeply Dipping West Limb Of A Northward Plunging Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 6 SAMPLES ACROSS AVERAGE WIDTH OF 11 FT, 6.85% PB, 3.07% ZN, 1.03% SB, 3.77 OZ/TON AG.
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Boulangerite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY ADITS, SHAFTS, AND OPEN PIT.
Comment (Production): SEVERAL CARS OF BOULANGERITE WERE SHIPPED TO MIDVALE, UTAH IN 1946 AND 1942
Comment (Development): LATEST WORK IS FROM OPEN PIT MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, A.B., AND RAUP, O.B.,1964, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUNTERS QUADRANGLE, STEVENS AND FERRY COUNTIES,WASH. U.S.GEOL.SURVEY MIN. INV. MAP MF-276
Reference (Deposit): WEAVER,C.E.,1920, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 20, P. 205-209
Reference (Deposit): 1892 DIREXPL TINSBY AND FALTER - DEVELOPMENT
Reference (Deposit): 1917 DIREXPL CLEVELAND MINING CO - DEVELOPMENT
Reference (Deposit): 1950 DIREXPL BASEMETALS INC. DEVELOPMENT; 1966 DIREXPL CLEVELAND SILVER MINES - DEVELOPMENT
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7872
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 39, P.137-14.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS; WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37 VOL. 1, P. 239
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