Lucille Mine

The Lucille Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 3,901 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lucille Mine
Secondary: Owen
Secondary: Boundary Silver-Lead

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gallium

Location

State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Northport District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Frank Nettig And Joseph Zoldok

Owner Name: Pacific Northwest Mining Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1927
Discovery Year: 1910
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: On Se Limb Of Sw Plunging Syncline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): ON EAST SLOPE OF RED TOP MOUNTAIN.

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: ORE CONTAINS TRACE OF GALLIUM

Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS, ONE 140 FT. ABOVE THE OTHER, SOME STOPING ABOVE UPPER ADIT.

Comment (Deposit): ORE IS IN IRREGULAR MINERALIZED ZONES IN MARBLE ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS AND LAMPROPHYRE DIKES. SOME CONCENTRATED ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN MARBLE AND OVERLYING PHYLLITE. MARBLE ABOUT 90 FT. THICK.

References

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37 VOL. 1, P. 378

Reference (Deposit): WEAVER, C.E., 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 298-299

Reference (Deposit): YATES, R.G., 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE DEEP CREEK AREA, STEVENS AND PEND OREILLE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-412

Reference (Deposit): 1910 DIREXPL E. O. OWEN

Reference (Deposit): 1926 DIREXPL BOUNDARY SILVER LEAD CO.

Reference (Deposit): 1944 GEOLMAP C.D. CAMPBELL - OPEN FILE MAP.

Reference (Deposit): 1952 DIREXPL PACIFIC NORTHWEST MINING CO.

Reference (Deposit): 1954 GEOLMAP R. G. YATES - U.S.G.S. MF-137 AND U.S.G.S. MAP I-412

Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7872

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