The Crystal Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Washington at an elevation of 1,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,601 Feet (488 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 47.90917, -118.28833
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Crystal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crystal Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Washington
County: Lincoln
District: Egypt Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Crystal City Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
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
Physiographic Detail: Okanogan Highlands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Reg.Trends: Ne
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Calc-Silicate In Dolomite
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.3% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT IS 375 FT. ADIT, 181 FT. SHAFT, 33 FT. INTERMEDIATE LEVEL, AND 403 FT. LOWER LEVEL
Comment (Deposit): SMALL BODIES OF SCHEELITE-BEARING ROCK IN TACTITE FORM IN DOLOMITE NEAR GRANITE. ANDESITE DIKES AND SILLS PRESENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL., V. 1, P. 216
Reference (Deposit): BENNETT, W. A. G., 1944, DOLOMITE RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. OF GEOLOGY RPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS NO. 13, P 25-27
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