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Deep Creek Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042357
MRDS ID M060115
Record type Site
Current site name Deep Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Gorien Zinc, Northport
Related records 10277757

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.71611, 48.86374 (WGS84)
Elevation 573
Relative position 7 MILES SOUTH OF 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 039N 041E 26 Washington

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Spirit Pluton-Granodiorite
    Rock description Spirit Pluton-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Metaline Limestone
    Rock description Metaline Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.71611, 48.86374
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Overturned Beds And Stonewall Thrust Fault Near Intrusive Contact With Granodiorite.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PIPE-LIKE
    Strike N25-70 DEG. W.
    Dip 85 DEG. NE
    Plunge 75 DEG
    Plunge direction SW
    Length 182.88M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Dolomite, Near Igneous Rock Contact.Ore Bodies Parallel Bedding.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Discoverer Washington Quarry Company
Year of first production 1944

Mining district

District name Northport

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Columbia Resources, Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period 1944-1956
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^5.7 % Zn, 1.4 % Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 6wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 2438.4M
    Overall depth 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRODUCTION WAS FROM 5 SEPARATE ORE BODIES. MINE DEVELOPED BY 750-FOOT INCLINED SHAFT AND 9 LEVELS. HORIZONTAL AXIS OF ORE BODIES APPROXIMATED STRIKE OF BEDDING

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LARGE VOLUME OF WATER AT DEPTH REQUIRED MUCH DRILLING FOR GROUT AND CEMENTING. COMPETENT HOST ROCK PERMITTED LOW-COST MINING METHOD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WADDELL, G.G., 1963, MINING METHODS AND COSTS, DEEP CREEK ZINC-LEAD MINE, GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO., STEVENS COUNTY, WASH.: U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 8174, P.39

  • 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 AND GEOL. BULL. 37, VOL. I, P. 376

  • Deposit

    FULKERSON, F.B. AND KINGSTONE, G.A. 1958, MINE PRODUCTION OF GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD AND ZINC IN PEND OREILLE AND STEVENS COUNTIES, WASH. 1902-56: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 7872

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, C.D., 1946, LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS IN PART OF THE NORTHPORT MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, MAPS ONLY.

  • Deposit

    1941 DIREXPL WESTERN KNAPP ENGINEERING CO. - SANK 350-FT. SHAFT

  • Deposit

    1943 GEOLMAP CAMPBELL, C.D., OPEN-FILE RPT.

  • Deposit

    1944 DIREXPL JAMISON - HIGGINBOTHAM MINING CO. PRODUCED

  • Deposit

    1948 DIREXPL GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. - PRODUCED

  • Production

    USBM INF. CIRC. 7872

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CROSSCUTTING DOLOMITE BEDS LED TO DISCOVERY OF 4 ORE BODIES. PYRITE HALOS AROUND PB-ZN ORE BODIES. TREMOLITE ABUNDANT IN SOME ORE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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