| Deposit ID | 10042359 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060117 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Old Dominion Mine |
| Related records | 10253332, 10253992 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.77889, 48.55402 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 975 |
| Relative position | 6 MILES EAST OF COLVILLE, WASHINGTON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Stevens(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
White Mud Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Colville(hydrologic unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Stevens |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 035N | 040E | 04,09 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Stephanite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Kaniksu Batholith-Granodiorite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Kaniksu Batholith-Granodiorite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Old Dominion Limestone |
| Rock description | Old Dominion Limestone |
| (1) | -117.77889, 48.55402 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne - Steeply Dipping |
| General form | POD/LENS |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 2.44M |
| Width | 3.05M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 152.4M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1883 |
| Discoverer | Patrick And William Kearney, J.Z. Alexander, And Alfred Bernoit |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| District name | Colville District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gibbs And Hunley |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. B. Gibbs And I. M. Hunley |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 12874.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060117 |
BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 550, P. 126-130
WEAVER, C.E. 1920, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 171-173
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 330
1885 DIREXPL RICH SILVER LEAD ORE MINED PRODUCTION
1892 DIREXPL OLD DOMINION MINING AND MILLING CO.
1910 RECON H. BANCROFT - U.S.G.S. BULLETIN
1918 DIREXPL DOMINION SILVER-LEAD MINING CO - PRODUCTION; 1949 DIREXPL GIBBS AND HUNLEY, PRODUCTION.
USBM INFO CIRC. 7872
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS PITCH ABOUT 20 DEGREES INTO HILL. BEEN FOUND AT PLACES 2500 FEET APART ALONG STRIKE OF GRANITE CONTACT AND WITHIN 100 FEET OF CONTACT. SOME DEPOSITS NEARLY VERTICAL. AVERAGE WIDTH 7 FEET. ALL CONNECTED BY NETWORK OF FISSURES AND JOINTS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1973 | Puffett, Willard P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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