The Fouress Mine is a molybdenum and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Washington at an elevation of 1,900 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: 1,900 Feet (579 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.88528, -118.17917
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Fouress Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fouress Mine
Secondary: Pitney Butte
Secondary: Spokane Molybdenwm
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Washington
County: Lincoln
District: Egypt Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Fouress Mines, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1902
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD, LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: N. 65 Deg. W., 80 Deg. Ne. And N. 75 Deg. E., 70 Deg. Se.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SMALL SHIPMENT 0.04 OZ AU/TON, 81 OZ AG/TON, 1.63% PB, 5.65% ZN, 0.68% CU
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE MINES IN AREA BUT THESE APPARENTLY CONSIDERED TO BE ONE COMBINED PROPERTY UNDER TWO NAMES: FOURESS AND SPOKANE MOLYBDENUM.
Comment (Commodity): SCATTERED MOLYBDENITE OCCURS IN BLOTCHES OF PEGMATITIC MATERIAL AND IN QUARTZ VEINS. URANIUM IS IN BLACK SOFT MATERIAL.
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY EXPLORED BY TWO ADITS, VERTICAL SHAFT, AND SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS.
Comment (Deposit): TWO ZONES OF FRACTURES ARE 750 FT. AND 600 FT LONG: SCATTERED OUTCROPS ALONG THESE ZONES CONTAIN QUARTZ AND SILICIFIED QUARTZ MONZONITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C. P. JR., 1954, MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. RPT. INV. 18, P. 31-34
Reference (Deposit): BECRAFT, G. E., AND WEIS, P. L., 1963, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE TURTLE LAKE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1131, P. 69 AND PL. I.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, V. 1, P. 269 AND 363
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