Van Stone Mine.

The Van Stone Mine. is a zinc mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 3,638 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Van Stone Mine.
Secondary: Washington Zinc Unit
Secondary: Van Stone Mine

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Kootenay Arc structural belt

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Fee Ownership

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: African Aura Mining (absorbed Mano River Resources)
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 2009

Owner Name: Equinox Resources Ltd.
Info Year: 1990

Owner Name: Brinco Ltd.
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: Callahan Mining Corp.
Percent: 49.00
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: U.S. Borax And Chemical Corp.
Percent: 26.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976

Production

Year: 1952
Time Period: 1952 - 1956 , 1964 - 1967
Mined: 2790000.000 mt
Material type: Kresten, 1970

Deposit

Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1952
Year Last Production: 1992
Discovery Year: 1920
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Mississippi Valley, minor

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Structure: Southern part of the Kootenay Arc structural belt.

Type: L
Structure: Pre-ore fault at east end of orebody contains dike material, sphalerite.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Middle Cambrian

Name: Granodiorite
Role: Associated
Description: mafic dikes, lamprophyre, diabase
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sepiolite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Serpentine
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Scapolite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): DEPOSIT REPORT COMPLETED. OTHER NAME: WASHINGTON ZINC UNIT AND ONION CREEK. DATA IS OLD AND IN NEED OF UPDATE. OPEN PIT MINING STARTED IN 1992.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): OP PROVEN + POSSIBLE = 475373 MT @ 3.86% ZN AND 1.12% PB UG PROBABLE = 630504 MT @ 5.88% ZN AND 1.11% PB UG POSSIBLE = 989755 MT @ 6.32% ZN AND 0.96% PB SOURCE FOR R001-003 = 1994 UNITED STATES MINING OPERATIONS REPORT

Comment (Deposit): MINE ONLY RD 6KM LONG REC 120. SWELL FACTOR UNKNOWN REC 140 NO ZIP CODE-COMINCO SMLTRTRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANA ESTIMATED LEAD-TIME TO MINE ONLY ABOUT 1 MONTH FOLLOWING COM OF DEVELOPMENTAL WORK NOW IN PROGRESS. 1985 UPDATE.

Comment (Environment): See Wolff et al, 2005 for a description of the mine reclamation plans.

References

Reference (Deposit): Wolff, F.E., McKay, D.T., Norman, D.K., 2005, INACTIVE AND ABANDONED MINE LANDS?Van Stone mine, Northport Mining District, Stevens County, Washington: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources, Information Circular 100, December 2005, 24 p. http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/ger_ic100_iaml_vanstone.pdf
URL: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/ger_ic100_iaml_vanstone.pdf

Reference (Deposit): Derkey, R.E., Joseph, N.L., Lasmanis, Raymond, 1990, Metal mines of Washington?Preliminary report: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Open File Report 90-18, 577 p.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): R1 FROM EQUINOX 1992 ANNUAL REPORT
Pages: 6

Reference (Reserve-Resource): R3 & R4 FROM 1994 UNITED STATES MINING OPERATIONS REPORT

Reference (Deposit): KESTEN, S.N., 1970, THE VAN STONE MINE STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON, IN LEAD-ZINC DEPOSIT IN THE KOOTENAY ARC, NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND ADJACENT BRITISH COLUMBIA: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 61.
Pages: 123

Reference (Deposit): COX, M.W. 1968, VAN STONE MINE AREA (LEAD-ZINC), STEVENS COUNTY IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES (THE GRATON-SALES VOLUME): NEW YORK, AIME, V.2.
Pages: 1511-1519

Reference (Deposit): WEISSENBORN, A.E, 1966, AG, PB, ZN. IN MIN & WATER RES. WA. WA DIV M GEOL REPRINT 9

Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. GEOL. AND EARTH RESOURCES, 1991, WA. GEOLOGY, V. 19, NO. 1, P. 10.

Reference (Deposit): COLVILLE ENGRG CO. 1941, REPT ON MIN STVNS CO. ASSMBLED FOR PUB DIST STVNS CO. BY COLVILLE ENGRG CO.

Reference (Deposit): WASH. DIV. GEOL & EARTH RESOURCES, UNPUBLISHED DATA.

Reference (Deposit): GAGE, H.L, 1941, SOME FOREIGN & DOM ZN-PB MINES THAT CLD SUPPLY S TO PAC NW ELECTRLYC ZN INDRY. BVL PWR ADMIN.MKT DEVEL SECT

Reference (Deposit): Leach, D., Sangster, D., Kelley, K., Large, R.R., Garven, G., Allen, C., Gutzmer, J., and Walters, S., 2005, Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective. Economic Geology, 100th Aniversary Volume. pp. 561-607. Also Appendices A, B, C, D, E, and Supplement
Pages: Appendix A, Table A1

Reference (Deposit): Neitzel, T. W., 1972, Geology of the Van Stone mine, Stevens County, Washington: Washington State University Master of Science thesis, 47 p.

Reference (Deposit): Aitkenhead, W. C., and Fergus, A. J., 1959, Flotation of Oxidized Zinc Ores from Washington: Washington State University Engineering Experiment Station Bulletin 245

Reference (Deposit): Hunting, M.T., 1956, Inventory of Washington minerals: State of Wash., Dept. of Cons. and Devl., Div. of Mines and Geology Bulletin 37, V. I.

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