The Blue Horse is a silver and gold mine located in Ferry county, Washington.
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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
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Blue Horse MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Horse
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Ferry
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE BLUE HORSE MINE IS IN A SEQUENCE OF PERMIAN-TRIASSIC METASEDIMENTARY AND METAVOLCANIC ROCK. DIORITE ADJACENT TO THE VEIN CONTAINS THOMPSONITE, WHICH MEANS IT IS PROBABLY PRE-TERTIARY IN AGE (MUESSIG, 1967, GEOL. MAP, P. 17; HUNTTING, 1956, P. 288). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): ON IRON MOUNTAIN
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1913 AND IN 1934 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 288).
References
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): TSCHAUDER, R.J., 1989, GOLD DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON. IN JOSEPH, N.L. AND OTHERS; EDITORS, GEOLOGIC GUIDEBOOK FOR WASHINGTON AND ADJACENT AREAS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 86, P. 241-253.
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): 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.
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