The Jay Gould Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 2,841 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,841 Feet (866 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.29167, -117.64944
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Jay Gould Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jay Gould Mine
Secondary: Fred B. Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Chewelah
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: O. C. Niles
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY 195-FT SHAFT, 4 LEVELS AND 100-FT ADIT. SEVERAL HUNDRED FT OF WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 328
Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON HOWLAND BANCROFT - PUBLISHED REPOR
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M.INFO. CIRC. 7872
Reference (Deposit): WEAVER, C.E. 1920, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 151-152
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 550, P. 106-107
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