Gwin

The Gwin is a silver, copper, gold, lead, and tungsten mine located in Ferry county, Washington.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gwin
Secondary: Guinn
Secondary: Hall Creek;

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Washington
County: Ferry

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Wolframite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE GWIN DEPOSIT IS IN WACKE AND SANDSTONE OF THE ORDOVICIAN? COVADA GROUP (JOSEPH, 1990, GEOL. MAP, P. 21). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED SILVER AND SOME TUNGSTEN DURING FIRST WORLD WAR (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 290).

References

Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18

Reference (Deposit): CULVER, H.E.; BROUGHTON, W.A., TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 89 P., 23 PL.

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

Reference (Deposit): JOSEPH, N.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NESPELEM 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 90-16, 47 P., 1 PL.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188P.

Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T., 1918, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 677, 186 P., 1 PL.

Reference (Deposit): WEAVER, C.E., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COVADA MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16, 87 P.

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