The Belcher is a iron, copper, and gold mine located in Ferry county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Belcher MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Belcher
Secondary: Blue Bell-Belcher
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Ferry
District: Belcher
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION IN 1909-1911 AND 1913-1917 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 195)
Comment (Deposit): THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC ROCKS OF THE BELCHER MINE AREA ARE CONTACT-METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE, DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE, ARGILLITE, AND GRAYWACKE. THE ORE BODIES LIE NEXT TO A NETWORK OF DIKES, SILLS, AND INTRUSIVE BODIES OF SCATTER CREEK RHYODACITE (MEUSSIG, 1967, P. 113). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 550, 215 P.
Reference (Deposit): GLOVER, S.L., 1942, WASHINGTON IRON ORES, A SUMMARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 2, 23 P.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): MUESSIG, SIEGFRIED, 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC QUADRANGLE AND PART OF THE AENEAS QUADRANGLE, FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1216, 135 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): SHEDD, SOLON; JENKINS, O. P.; COOPER, H.H., 1922, IRON ORES, FUELS, AND FLUXES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 27, 160 P., 1 PL.
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