The Congress Mine is a nickel mine located in Ferry county, Washington at an elevation of 2,799 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Nickel
Lat, Long: 48.2278, -118.61500
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Congress Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Congress Mine
Secondary: Congress Nickel Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Nickel
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Cobalt
Location
State: Washington
County: Ferry
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE HOLDINGS CONSIST OF 4 PATENTED CLAIMS AND 2 LOCATION CLAIMS. NO PRODUCTION HAS BEEN REPORTED.
Comment (Workings): SENSITIVITY DEVELOPMENT DEPENDS UPON THE LOCATION OF THE MILLING SITE SHOULD THE CONGRESS MINE EVER GO INTO PRODUCTION.
Comment (Geology): THE ROCKS OF THIS AREA ARE SCHISTOSE; THEY ARE OF BOTH SEDIMENTARY AND IGNEOUS ORIGIN. THEY ARE COMPOSED OF APPARENTLY CONFORMABLE STRATA OF AMPHIBOLITIC SCHISTS WITH INTERLAMINATED LIME SHALE MICA SCHIST AND A ROCK THAT RESEMBLES SHEARED GRANITE.
Comment (Geology): THE PYRITE IS NICKELIFEROUS. WHERE OXIDATION HAS TAKEN PLACE THE JOINTS AND FRACTURES EXHIBIT CONSIDERABLE COLORATION. SOME OF THE NICKEL-COBALT BEARING PYRITE IS DISSEMINATED IN THE QUARTZ BEYOND THE FRACTURES. THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A QUARTZ VEIN WHICH OCCUPIES A SHEAR ZONE THAT OCCURS ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE SCHISTOSE SERIES AND A SERPENTINE DIKE.
References
Reference (Deposit): WA STATE BULLETIN 37, PT 2, METALLIC, P 276.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, WFOC, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 0530190007.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RI 5261, 8P.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): AND THE CONGRESS MINE, FERRY COUNTY, WASH., U.S.B.M.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ORES FROM THE SHAMROCK MINE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREG.,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SHELTON, J.E., 1956, BENEFICIATION STUDIES OF NICKELIFEROUS
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