The Spokane Molybdenum is a molybdenum, gold, and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Washington.
About the MRDS Data:
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: Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.88111, -118.16417
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Spokane Molybdenum MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spokane Molybdenum
Secondary: Pitney Butte
Secondary: Egypt;
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Lincoln
District: Deer Trail; Cedar Canyon
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pitchblende
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF PITNEY BUTTE
Comment (Production): PRODUCED IN 1941 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 269).
Comment (Geology): AT THE SPOKANE MOLYBDENITE MINE THE CRETACEOUS, FINE-GRAINED MONZOGRANITE IS CUT BY A DIKE OF THE SANPOIL VOLCANICS (BECRAFT AND WEIS, 1963, P. 67).
References
Reference (Deposit): BECRAFT, G.E.; WEIS, P.L., 1963, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE TURTLE LAKE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1131, 73 P., 6 PL.
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): PURDY, C.P. JR., 1954, MOLYBDENUM OCCURENECES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 18, 118 P., 6 PL.
Reference (Deposit): RHODES, B.P.; HYNDMAN, D.W., 1988, REGIONAL METAMORPHISM, STRUCTURE, AND TECTONICS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. IN ERNST, W.G., EDITOR, METAMORPHISM AND CRUSTAL EVOLUTION OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES: PRENTICE-HALL [ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.], RUBEY VOLUME VII, P. 271-295.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OF 90-18
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