Old Dominion Mine

The Old Dominion Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 3,199 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Old Dominion Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Colville District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: E. B. Gibbs And I. M. Hunley

Owner Name: Gibbs And Hunley

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1883
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Okanogan Highlands

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: POD/LENS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Ne - Steeply Dipping

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: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS PITCH ABOUT 20 DEGREES INTO HILL. BEEN FOUND AT PLACES 2500 FEET APART ALONG STRIKE OF GRANITE CONTACT AND WITHIN 100 FEET OF CONTACT. SOME DEPOSITS NEARLY VERTICAL. AVERAGE WIDTH 7 FEET. ALL CONNECTED BY NETWORK OF FISSURES AND JOINTS.

Comment (Commodity): RICH ORE CONTAINED 400 OZ/TON AG AND 60 PERCENT PB.

Comment (Production): PERHAPS $2,000,000 WERE PRODUCED BEFORE 1902.

Comment (Workings): ELEVEN LEVELS FROM SEVERAL ADITS. ORE BOTTOMED 200 FT. BELOW MAIN ADIT.

References

Reference (Deposit): 1885 DIREXPL RICH SILVER LEAD ORE MINED PRODUCTION

Reference (Deposit): 1892 DIREXPL OLD DOMINION MINING AND MILLING CO.

Reference (Deposit): 1910 RECON H. BANCROFT - U.S.G.S. BULLETIN

Reference (Deposit): 1918 DIREXPL DOMINION SILVER-LEAD MINING CO - PRODUCTION; 1949 DIREXPL GIBBS AND HUNLEY, PRODUCTION.

Reference (Production): USBM INFO CIRC. 7872

Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 550, P. 126-130

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 330

Reference (Deposit): WEAVER, C.E. 1920, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 171-173

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