Deep Creek Mine

The Deep Creek Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 1,880 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Deep Creek Mine
Secondary: Gorien Zinc
Secondary: Northport

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Northport

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Columbia Resources, Inc.

Owner Name: Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co.

Production

Year: 1956
Time Period: 1944-1956
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^5.7 % Zn, 1.4 % Pb

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1944
Discovery Year: 1914
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 PIPE-LIKE

Structure

Type: L
Description: Overturned Beds And Stonewall Thrust Fault Near Intrusive Contact With Granodiorite.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Tremolite

Comments

Comment (Workings): PRODUCTION WAS FROM 5 SEPARATE ORE BODIES. MINE DEVELOPED BY 750-FOOT INCLINED SHAFT AND 9 LEVELS. HORIZONTAL AXIS OF ORE BODIES APPROXIMATED STRIKE OF BEDDING

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: LARGE VOLUME OF WATER AT DEPTH REQUIRED MUCH DRILLING FOR GROUT AND CEMENTING. COMPETENT HOST ROCK PERMITTED LOW-COST MINING METHOD.

Comment (Deposit): CROSSCUTTING DOLOMITE BEDS LED TO DISCOVERY OF 4 ORE BODIES. PYRITE HALOS AROUND PB-ZN ORE BODIES. TREMOLITE ABUNDANT IN SOME ORE.

References

Reference (Deposit): 1948 DIREXPL GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. - PRODUCED

Reference (Deposit): 1944 DIREXPL JAMISON - HIGGINBOTHAM MINING CO. PRODUCED

Reference (Deposit): WADDELL, G.G., 1963, MINING METHODS AND COSTS, DEEP CREEK ZINC-LEAD MINE, GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO., STEVENS COUNTY, WASH.: U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 8174, P.39

Reference (Production): USBM INF. CIRC. 7872

Reference (Deposit): YATES, R.G. 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE DEEP CREEK AREA, STEVENS AND PEND OREILLE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-412

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, VOL. I, P. 376

Reference (Deposit): FULKERSON, F.B. AND KINGSTONE, G.A. 1958, MINE PRODUCTION OF GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD AND ZINC IN PEND OREILLE AND STEVENS COUNTIES, WASH. 1902-56: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 7872

Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, C.D., 1946, LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS IN PART OF THE NORTHPORT MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, MAPS ONLY.

Reference (Deposit): 1941 DIREXPL WESTERN KNAPP ENGINEERING CO. - SANK 350-FT. SHAFT

Reference (Deposit): 1943 GEOLMAP CAMPBELL, C.D., OPEN-FILE RPT.

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