The Talisman Mine is a copper, lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Ferry county, Washington at an elevation of 3,350 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: 3,350 Feet (1,021 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.98778, -118.23667
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Talisman Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Talisman Mine
Secondary: Laurier
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Cadmium
Location
State: Washington
County: Ferry
District: Orient District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Glen L. Brink And Don K. Busick
Owner Name: Spokane Mining Syndicate
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1896
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: LENS-IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation Strikes Nw-Dips Gently Sw.
Type: L
Description: Steeply Dipping North-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Calc-Silicate Minerals Developed Abundantly.
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 521 TONS SHIPPED IN WORLD WAR I AVERAGED 5% CU, 4.1% ZN, 3 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE BODIES TABULAR-CONCORDANT WITH FOLIATION IN HOST ROCK; UPPER PART RICH IN SPHALERITE, LOWER PART RICH IN CHALCOPYRITE
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: ORE COMPLEX, REQUIRES MILLING.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 2 ADITS WITH EXTENSIVE STOPES ABOVE UPPER ADIT
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN CALC-SILICATE LENSES THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIMESTONE OR MARBLE BEFORE THE SULFIDE MINERALIZATION TOOK PLACE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 550, P. 201-202
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, V. 1, P. 55
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M.
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