Iroquois Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Cadmium
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. 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 10042399
MRDS ID M060169
Record type Site
Current site name Iroquois Mine
Alternate or previous names Flannigan, Columbia
Related records 10228729

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.54028, 48.9518 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 11 MILES ENE FROM NORTHPORT, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leadpoint(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)

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 Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 042E 30 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Cadmium Secondary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result MILL TESTS CONTAINED 3.3% ZN, 0.4% PB, 0.1 LB. CD/TON AND 0.025 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Rock unit name Lamprophyre Dikes
    Rock description Lamprophyre Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Metaline Limestone-Dolomite;Ledbetter Slate-Carbonaceous Slate
    Rock description Metaline Limestone-Dolomite;Ledbetter Slate-Carbonaceous Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.54028, 48.9518

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Overturned Fold

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 55 DEG E
    Dip 50 DEG SE
    Thickness 28.96M
    Length 259.08M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 106.68M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRECCIATED DARK GRAY DOLOMITE CEMENTED BY WHITE DOLOMITE CONTAINS DISSEMINATIONS OF ORE MINERALS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Discoverer Magnus Wulf And Partners
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Northport District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mines Management, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • ORE PRODUCED WAS FROM DEVELOPMENT WORKINGS. SOME OXIDIZED ORE WAS MINED CIRCA 1900 FROM GLORY HOLE BUT NOT REPORTED BELOW . PRODUCTION YEARS 1917 , 1918 , 1949.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CONTINUED EXPLORATION BY SEVERAL COMPANIES SUGGEST SIZEABLE POTENTIAL OF LOW-GRADE ZINC RESOURCE.
  • OWNER REPORTED RESERVES IN 1950. KNOWN ORE CONTAINS SOME CADMIUM AND SPARSE SILVER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1554.48M
    Overall depth 99.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE GLORY HOLE ON SURFACE, MAIN ADIT, CROSSCUT, AND DRIFTS 300 FT BELOW SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 37, V. 1, P. 378

  • Deposit

    WEAVER, C.E., 1920, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 20, P. 296-297

  • Deposit

    YATES, R.G. AND ROBERTSON, J.F., 1958, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEAD POINT QUADRANGE, STEVENS COUNTY, WASH.: USGS MIN. INV. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-137

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ZONE IN UPPER PART OF METALINE LIMESTONE IN ABOUT THE SAME STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION AS THE PRODUCTIVE JOSEPHINE ORE ZONE IN THE METALINEMINING DISTRICT SOME 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE IROQUOIS MINE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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