The Iroquois Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 2,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 48.95194, -117.53917
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Iroquois Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iroquois Mine
Secondary: Flannigan
Secondary: Columbia
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Cadmium
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Northport District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mines Management, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Discovery Year: 1890
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Okanogan Highlands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne-Trending Overturned Fold
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MILL TESTS CONTAINED 3.3% ZN, 0.4% PB, 0.1 LB. CD/TON AND 0.025 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): BRECCIATED DARK GRAY DOLOMITE CEMENTED BY WHITE DOLOMITE CONTAINS DISSEMINATIONS OF ORE MINERALS
Comment (Reserve-Resource): CONTINUED EXPLORATION BY SEVERAL COMPANIES SUGGEST SIZEABLE POTENTIAL OF LOW-GRADE ZINC RESOURCE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): OWNER REPORTED RESERVES IN 1950. KNOWN ORE CONTAINS SOME CADMIUM AND SPARSE SILVER.
Comment (Production): ORE PRODUCED WAS FROM DEVELOPMENT WORKINGS. SOME OXIDIZED ORE WAS MINED CIRCA 1900 FROM GLORY HOLE BUT NOT REPORTED BELOW . PRODUCTION YEARS 1917 , 1918 , 1949.
Comment (Workings): LARGE GLORY HOLE ON SURFACE, MAIN ADIT, CROSSCUT, AND DRIFTS 300 FT BELOW SURFACE
Comment (Deposit): ORE ZONE IN UPPER PART OF METALINE LIMESTONE IN ABOUT THE SAME STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION AS THE PRODUCTIVE JOSEPHINE ORE ZONE IN THE METALINEMINING DISTRICT SOME 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE IROQUOIS MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 37, V. 1, P. 378
Reference (Deposit): WEAVER, C.E., 1920, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 20, P. 296-297
Reference (Deposit): YATES, R.G. AND ROBERTSON, J.F., 1958, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEAD POINT QUADRANGE, STEVENS COUNTY, WASH.: USGS MIN. INV. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-137
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC 7872
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