The Pend Oreille Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Pend Oreille county, Washington at an elevation of 2,264 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,264 Feet (690 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 48.88333, -117.35645
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Pend Oreille Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pend Oreille Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Cadmium
Location
State: Washington
County: Pend Oreille
District: Metaline Mining District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: State Lease
Type: Located Claim
Type: Fee Ownership
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Teck Resources Limited (formerly Teck Cominco American)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Vancouver, BC Canada
Info Year: 2010
Years: 1996 -
Owner Name: Resources Finance Corp.
Company ID: 4500366
Percent: 54.20
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1993
Owner Name: Minnova Corp.
Company ID: 4500366
Percent: 45.80
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1993
Owner Name: Pend Oreille Mines and Metals Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: MVT, replacement
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1896
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Description: dikes
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Cretaceous
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Ordovician
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Description: carbonaceous
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Miocene
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Description: silicified, brecciated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE METAL CONTENT ABOUT 0.043 OZ AG/TON, 1.38% PB AND 3.6% ZN.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Cerussite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 86 BROOK-HUNT DATA MINE CLOSED MID-77 ILZSG 89 REPORT.
Comment (Deposit): MINE ONLY RD 1.4 KM REC 050 DEPOSIT DISCOVERED BY DRILLING REC.180 EXACT MODE ORIGIN UNCERTAIN-MAY BE MODIFIED SYNGENET REC 620 COLS 28-54 EXTENSIVE WORKINGS-MEANINGFUL DIVISION IN 1985 UPDATE. ACTIVITY AT MINE SINCE 1981 CONSISTED OF CARE AND MAINTENANCE AND MINOR EXPLORATION.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): DEPOSIT REPORT PLANNED. OPERATOR IS MINNOVA INC 1993 RESERVES FROM PAY DIRT, MARCH 1993, P.22A. 2.2MT @1.2%PB, 11.04% ZN
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Metaline Contact Mines company website as of 7/2010 attributes the following to the Pend-Oreille mine: Production: 14.8 million tonnes containing 2.3% zinc and 1.1% lead Reserves: 5,727,000 tonnes, grading 7.7% zinc and 1.4% lead The Pend-Oreille property is outlined in red on a map at the Metaline Contact Mines company website. The property is about 2 miles long on the east side of the Pend-Oreille river. Teck acquired the property in 1996 and started mining in 2004. http://www.metalinecontactmines.com/projects_POMZM.php
References
Reference (Deposit): Metaline Contact Mines website. 7/15/2010 http://www.metalinecontactmines.com/projects_POMZM.php
URL: http://www.metalinecontactmines.com/projects_POMZM.php
Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN MINER-5/22/95 ADIT & RESOURCE
Reference (Deposit): Leach, D. L., Sangster, D. F., Kelley, K., Large, R. R., Garven, G., Allen, C. R., Gutzmer, J., and Walters, S., 2005, Sediment-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits: A Global Perspective. Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, p. 561-607.
Pages: Appendix A, Table A1
Reference (Deposit): Weissenborn, A. E., 1966, Silver, lead, and zinc, in Mineral and water resources of Washington: Washington State Div. Mines Geology Reprint 9, p. 125-141. Original report prepared by U.S. Geol. Survey for Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 89th Congress of United States, 2d Session, 436 p.
Reference (Deposit): Dings, M. G., and Whitebread, D. H., 1965, Geology and ore deposits of the Metaline zinc-lead district, Pend Oreille Coun. ty, Washington: U. S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 489, 109 p.
Pages: 90-96
Reference (Deposit): McConnel, R. H., and Anderson, Roy A., 1968, The Metaline district, Washington: Chapter 68 in Ridge, J. D., ed., Ore deposits of the United States, 1933-1967: New York, Am. Inst. Mining Metall. Petroleum Engineers, Inc., v. 2.
Pages: 1460-1480
Reference (Deposit): Fulkerson, F. B., and Kingston, G. A., 1958, Mine production of gol.d, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in Pend Oreille and Stevens Counties, Wash., 1902-56: U.S. Bur. Mines Inf. Circ. 7872, 51 p.
Reference (Deposit): Derkey, R.E., Joseph, N.L., Lasmanis, Raymond, 1990, Metal mines of Washington?Preliminary report: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Open File Report 90-18, 577 p.
Reference (Deposit): Addie, George G., 1970, The Metaline district, Pend Oreille County, Washington, in Weissenborn, A. E., ed., Lead-zinc deposits in the Kootenay Arc, northeastern Washington and adjacent British Columbia: Soc. Economic Geologists 1970 Northwest Field Conference Guidebook, Washington Div. Mines Geology Bull. 61, p. 65-78.
Pages: 65-78
Reference (Deposit): WIMMLER, N.L, COLE, W.B., 1949, DIAMOND DRILLING METALINE DIST, PEND WA. USBM R.I. 448
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, V. 1.
Pages: 371
Reference (Deposit): Park, C. F., Jr., and Cannon, R. S., Jr., 1943, Geology and ore deposits of the Metaline quadrangle, Washington: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 202, 81 p.
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