The Loon Lake Copper Mine is a copper mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 2,451 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,451 Feet (747 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 48.14694, -117.63611
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Loon Lake Copper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Loon Lake Copper Mine
Secondary: Kemp-Komar
Secondary: Key West
Secondary: Bluebird
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Springdale District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: James Keeth And W. H. West
Owner Name: Ernest Laukka And E. L. Tilton
Production
Year: 1952
Time Period: 1916 - 1952
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2 % Cu, Few Ozs Ag/T
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Discovery Year: 1890
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: On Upper Limb Of Large, Faulted, Recumbent Fold With Near Horizontal Axis.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Atacamite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): MUCH OF ORE CONCENTRATED IN MILL AT MINE. PRODUCTION YEARS 1916 - 1920 , 1952.
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY INCLINED SHAFT FROM WHICH 3 LEVELS HAVE BEEN TURNED. NOW FLOODED AND IACCESSIBLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES GEOL. BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 99
Reference (Deposit): MILLER, F.K., 1969, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LOON LAKE QUADRANGLE, STEVENS AND SPOKANE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY GEOLOGIC MAP GM-6
Reference (Deposit): FULKERSON, F.B. AND KINGSTON G.A. 1958, MINE PRODUCTION OF GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN PEND OREILLE AND STEEVENS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON, 1902-56: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC 7872
Reference (Deposit): 1890 DIREXPL KEMP-KOMAR MINE - DEVELOPMENT
Reference (Deposit): 1915 DIREXPL GEORGE CRANE - PRODUCTION
Reference (Deposit): 1918 DIREXPL LOON LAKE COPPER CO. - PRODUCTION; 1952 DIREXPL W. WEST - PRODUCTION.
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7872
Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E.N. 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23, P. 153-158
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