The Lancaster is a copper, lead, zinc, gold, and silver 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.91417, -118.55556
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Lancaster MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lancaster
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
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
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: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: CARLOAD OF 29 TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE SHIPPED IN 1929 (FROM OPEN CUTS) CONTAINED 1,651 LB. CU, 4,719 LB. PB, AND 395 OZ. AG (PARKER AND CALKINS, 1964, P. 89).
Comment (Deposit): A SMALL BODY OF PERMIAN-TRIASSIC, CARBONATE-BEARING SEDIMENTARY ROCKS WAS INTRUDED FIRST BY EOCENE SCATTER CREEK RHYODACITE AND THEN BY EOCENE QUARTZ MONZONITE. ALL THESE ROCKS ARE CUT BY NORTH-EAST-TRENDING QUARTZ LATITE DIKES (PARKER AND CALKINS, 1964, P. 89). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): 1 MILE NORTH OF CURLEW ON THE EAST BANK OF THE KETTLE RIVER
References
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18
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): PARKER, R.L.; CALKINS, J.A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE CURLEW QUAD., FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1169, 95P., 4 PL.
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