The Gould and Curry Prospect is a lead and silver mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Gould and Curry Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gould and Curry Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: FORMS LODE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: 10 Ft Zone Of Oxidation From Surface Down.; Wall Rock Thorougly Sericitized For A Foot Or More From The Walls
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FROM 50 TON ORE PILE ON DUMP: 40 CENTS AU/TON, 30.18 OZ AG/TON, AND 20 % PB - TOTAL VALUE ABOUT $38.50/TON.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON SW SPUR OF MINERAL HILL.
Comment (Development): WINZE, CROSSCUTS, AND ADITS
Comment (Geology): THE COUNTRY ROCK IS GRANITE, SLIGHTLY SHEARED AND ALTERED AND CUT BY NUMEROUS DIKES OF GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY, MOST OF WHICH TREND NE. IN THE LOWER ADIT THE LODE IS CUT AND DISPLACED A FEW FT TO THE NE BY A TRANSVERSE PORPHYRY DIKE. ; GEOL.DESC: WALL ROCK SERICITIZED, SLIGHTLY MINERALIZED TO 1 FT. FROM VEIN
Comment (Deposit): LOOSE MASS OF GRANITE WITH WHICH FRAGMENTS OF VEIN QUARTZ ARE MINGLED. THE LODE HAS A CLEAN-CUT FOOTWALL, BUT THE HANGING WALL IS NOT WELL DEFINED. THE VEIN FILLING CONSISTS OF COARSE INTERLOCKING ORE GRAINS. THE WALL ROCK CONTAINS A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE ORE SULFIDES ALONG SEAMS. IN PLACES THE SULFIDE MINERALS, OF WHICH GALENA IS THE MOST ABUNDANT, FORM 50 % OR MORE OF THE VEIN FILLING.
Comment (Workings): THE UNDERGROUND WORKS AGGREGATE ABOUT 200 FT, DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN TWO ADIT LEVELS ONE OF WHICH IS 40 FT LONG AND THE OTHER, 60 FT LOWER, 130 FT LONG, WITH SHORT CROSSCUTS. THE TWO LEVELS ARE CONNECTED BY A WINZE NEAR THE FACE OF THE UPPER ONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 219.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 677, P. 76-77, PLATE V11
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