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Sierra Zinc Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042356
MRDS ID M060113
Record type Site
Current site name Sierra Zinc Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Ridge, Aladdin
Related records 10181204

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.66861, 48.77485 (WGS84)
Elevation 683
Relative position 11 MILES SSE FROM NORTHPORT WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spirit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038N 041E 19 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Tonalite Dikes And Sills
    Rock description Tonalite Dikes And Sills
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.66861, 48.77485
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Marble Beds Below Impervious Gouge Zones Along Low Dipping Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Discoverer George Foster
Year of first production 1909

Mining district

District name Northport

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1909-1944
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^5.43 % Zn, 0.67 % Pb, 0.491 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.012 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Trace Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct
    Trace Ore Silver Silver 14g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 2575.56M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY 6 ADITS AND 470 FEET OF SHAFT UPPER 2 LEVELS CONNECTED TO A LOWER 2 BY A 260-FT 30 DEG. INCLINED SHAFT. MAIN ORE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO ORE BEDS, EACH 4 TO 12 FT THICK, SEPARATED BY 10 TO 20 FT OF BARREN MARBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 37 VOL. I, P. 380

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, MARCH 1943, SIERRA ZINC COMPANY, P. 22-28

  • Deposit

    1906 DIREXPL ALADDIN MINING CO. - PRODUCED

  • Deposit

    1910 DIREXPL BLUERIDGE MINING CO - PRODUCED

  • Deposit

    1940 DIREXPL SIERRA ZINC CO. - PRODUCED

  • Deposit

    1943 GEOLMAP C.D. CAMPBELL, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7872

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY ABOUT A MILE SOUTH OF CONTACT BETWEEN METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND SPIRIT PLUTON OF CRETACEOUS AGE. ORE MINERALS GENERALLY CONCENTRATED IN LAYERS PARALLEL TO BEDDING IN MARBLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey

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