Old Dominion Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042359
MRDS ID M060117
Record type Site
Current site name Old Dominion Mine
Related records 10253332, 10253992

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.77889, 48.55402 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 6 MILES EAST OF COLVILLE, WASHINGTON

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035N 040E 04,09 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RICH ORE CONTAINED 400 OZ/TON AG AND 60 PERCENT PB.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Kaniksu Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Kaniksu Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Old Dominion Limestone
    Rock description Old Dominion Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.77889, 48.55402

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne - Steeply Dipping

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Thickness 2.44M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granite - Limestone Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Colville District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gibbs And Hunley
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. B. Gibbs And I. M. Hunley

Comments on the production information

  • PERHAPS $2,000,000 WERE PRODUCED BEFORE 1902.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 12874.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • ELEVEN LEVELS FROM SEVERAL ADITS. ORE BOTTOMED 200 FT. BELOW MAIN ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 550, P. 126-130

  • Deposit

    WEAVER, C.E. 1920, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 171-173

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 330

  • Deposit

    1885 DIREXPL RICH SILVER LEAD ORE MINED PRODUCTION

  • Deposit

    1892 DIREXPL OLD DOMINION MINING AND MILLING CO.

  • Deposit

    1910 RECON H. BANCROFT - U.S.G.S. BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    1918 DIREXPL DOMINION SILVER-LEAD MINING CO - PRODUCTION; 1949 DIREXPL GIBBS AND HUNLEY, PRODUCTION.

  • Production

    USBM INFO CIRC. 7872

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references