The Little Noisy Mine is a mine located in Pend Oreille county, Washington at an elevation of 2,749 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,749 Feet (838 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 48.79139, -117.27722
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Little Noisy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Noisy Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Washington
County: Pend Oreille
District: Metaline Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: I. E. Boswick
Owner Name: E. A. Frick
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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 - Calispell Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Mineralized Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED 10.5% PB, 14.9% ZN, 5.05 OZ AG/TON, 0.03 OZ AU/TON. SOME CONTAIN 0.25% WO3
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: MILL TESTS BY U.S.B.M. YIELDED A CONCENTRATE OF 59.0% WO3 WITH 60.6% RECOVERY
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, 80, 250, AND 950 FT. LONG, A 30-FT. SHAFT, AND AN OPEN CUT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CULVER, H.E, 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. OF GEOL. BULL. 34, P. 54 AND 55
Reference (Deposit): PARK, C.F. JR., AND CANNON, R.S. JR. 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE METALINE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: USGS PROF. PAPER 202, P. 65
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, V. 1, P. 370
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