The Young America Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 1,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,699 Feet (518 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.75861, -118.03333
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Young America Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Young America Mine
Secondary: Robena
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Bossburg District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: E. B. Gibbs And I. M. Hunley
Owner Name: Bonanza Lead
Production
Year: 1953
Time Period: 1905 - 1953
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7 % Pb, 7.7 % Zn, 16.1 Oz Ag/T
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1891
Discovery Year: 1885
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
Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Anticline
Type: L
Description: Tight Folds Trend Ne Have Been Broken By Ne - Trending Faults Dipping Se
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomite Silicified
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SHIPPING ORE AVERAGED 7% PB, 7.7% ZN, AND 16.1 OZ/TON AG.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Geocronite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cassiterite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE SHOOTS CONSIST OF REPLACEMENT STRINGERS, VEINS, AND LENSES ALONG AN IRREGULAR, GENTLY DIPPING ZONE.
Comment (Production): A FEW CARLOADS ORE PRODUCED BEFORE 1890
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: A 30-TON FLOTATION MILL CONCENTRATED THE ORE.
Comment (Deposit): ORE PINCHES WHERE VEIN STEEP; GENERALLY THICKED WHERE VEIN DIPS GENTLY. BOUNDARIES OF ORE GRADATIONAL. DIAMOND DRILLING HAS TRACED DISSEMINATED ORE FOR 900 FT
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNDHAUSEN, R.J. 1949, INVESTIGATION OF THE YOUNG AMERICA LEAD-ZINC DEPOSIT, STEVENS COUNTY, WASH.: U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 4556, P.13
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 381-382
Reference (Deposit): 1897 DIREXPL YOUNG AMERICA CLIFF CONS. MIN. CO.
Reference (Deposit): 1946 DIREXPL U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 4556
Reference (Deposit): 1951 DIREXPL YOUNG AMERICAN MINES, INC.
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC.
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P. JR. 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 39, P. 148-153
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