Jim Creek Mine

Occurrence in Pend Oreille county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042398
MRDS ID M060167
Record type Site
Current site name Jim Creek Mine
Related records 10180255

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.52443, 48.81097 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 6 1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF IONE, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pend Oreille(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deep Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Colville National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Pend Oreille

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038N 042E 09 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Heavy Limonite Stain Near Ore Outcrop

Analytical data

Result APPROXIMATELY 6% ZN AND 1% PB

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 Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Metaline Formation-Dolomite
    Rock description Metaline Formation-Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.52443, 48.81097

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR , LENS
    Strike N 55 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG NW
    Length 76.2M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 51.82M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer Jim Creek Mines, Inc.

Mining district

District name Metaline District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Delles And Sullivan Mining And Milling Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 251.46M
    Overall depth 51.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE 150-FT INCLINED SHAFT AND TWO LEVELS AT 50 AND 150 FEET BELOW SHAFT COLLAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YATES, R.G. 1964 GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE DEEP CREEK AREA, STEVENS AND PEND OREILLE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-412

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOST ROCK IS ROOF PENDANT OVERLYING SPIRIT PLUTON. NO ORE IS KNOWN IN THE PLUTON. PENDANT AT LEAST 200 FEET THICK. SMALL LENSES OF DISSEMINATED ZN AND PB SULPHIDES ELONGATED PARALLEL TO DOLOMITE BEDDING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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