The Pittsburg is a silver and lead mine located in Okanogan 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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Pittsburg MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pittsburg
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Nespelem
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Type: R
Description: The Porphyritic Granodiorite Of Manila Creek Is Part Of The Keller Butte Suite Of Holder And Holder (1988).
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF ORE IN 1914 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 308).
Comment (Geology): VEINS AND STOCKWORK(?) IN THE PORPHYRITIC GRANODIORITE OF MANILA CREEK OF (PALEOCENE?)-EOCENE AGE (GULICK AND KORSEC, 1990, GEOL. MAP).
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY OPEN PITS AND A STEEPLY INCLINED SHAFT (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 308). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.
Reference (Deposit): GULICK, C.W.; KOROSEC, M.A., COMPILERS, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OMAK 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-12, 52 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): HOLDER, R.W.; HOLDER, G.A.M., 1988, THE COLVILLE BATHOLITH - TERTIARY PLUTONISM IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON ASSOCIATED WITH GRABEN AND CORE COMPLEX (GNEISS DOME) FORMATION: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 100, NO. 12, P. 1971-1980.
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): PARDEE, J.T., 1918, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 677, 186 P., 1 PL.
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