Jay Dee Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042367
MRDS ID M060127
Record type Site
Current site name Jay Dee Mine
Alternate or previous names High Grade, Delmonico, Enterprise
Related records 10181293

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.68804, 48.31346 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position 3 MILES NE OF CHEWELAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chewelah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chewelah(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 33N 041E 31 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAID TO CARRY HIGH AG VALUES.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Edna Dolomite-Dolomite, Argillite, Phyllite
    Rock description Edna Dolomite-Dolomite, Argillite, Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.68804, 48.31346

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Homocline Dipping 75 Deg. W.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 8 DEG E.
    Dip 75 DEG. W
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chewelah Mining District

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE SHIPPED IN 1939

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 200-FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND TWO LEVELS TOTALLING SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEAVER, C.E., 1920, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 144-145

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, V. 1, P. 328

  • Deposit

    CLARK, L.D. AND MILLER, F.K., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE CHEWELAH MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. GEOLOGIC MAP GM-5

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 550, P. 105

  • Deposit

    1909 DIREXPL NEW DOMINION COPPER MINING & DEVELOPMENT

  • Deposit

    1909 RECON HOWLAND BANCROFT - BULLETIN 550

  • Deposit

    1929 DIREXPL ENTERPRISE MINING CO.

  • Deposit

    1935 DIREXPL JAY DEE MINING CO.

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7872

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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