The Admiral Mine is a copper mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 2,799 feet.
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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: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 48.16444, -117.91194
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Admiral Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Admiral Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Valley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Admiral Consolidated Mining Co.
Owner Name: J. Richard Brown And Associates
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Year: 1894
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Okanogan Highlands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Steeply Dipping, Locally Overturned, West Limb Of A Northward Plunging Anticline.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): EAST SLOPE OF HUCKLEBERRY
Comment (Production): 6 CARLOADS SHIPPED
Comment (Workings): VEIN PARALLELS BEDDING
References
Reference (Deposit): WEAVER, C.E., 1920, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOL.SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 182-184
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, IAN AND LOOFBOROUW, J.S. JR. 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE MAGNESITE BELT OF STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1142-F, 53 P.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 92
Reference (Deposit): 1896 DIREXPL PHILIP CREASOR - SUNK SHAFT
Reference (Deposit): 1900 DIREXPL TATE AND GREENWAY - PRODUCED
Reference (Deposit): 1916 DIREXPL J. RICHARD BROWN - DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION
Reference (Production): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956
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