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Spokane Molybdenum

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Washington, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055960
MRDS ID SP00179
Record type Site
Current site name Spokane Molybdenum
Alternate or previous names Pitney Butte, Egypt;

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.16527, 47.88096 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCoy Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coulee Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ritzville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Spokane(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 028N 037E 32 NE4 OF SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF PITNEY BUTTE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.16527, 47.88096
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Is Found In Muscovite-Rich Pegmatite Veins Of Two Types: (1) Milky White Quartz And (2) Gray, Massive Quartz In Segregations. Both Types Of Quartz Contain Sparse Flakes Of Molybdenite (Becraft, And Weis, 1963, P. 67-68). A Cross Fracture In The Main Vein Contains Lenses Of Black Radioactive Material (Huntting, 1956, P. 269).

Comments on the geologic information

  • AT THE SPOKANE MOLYBDENITE MINE THE CRETACEOUS, FINE-GRAINED MONZOGRANITE IS CUT BY A DIKE OF THE SANPOIL VOLCANICS (BECRAFT AND WEIS, 1963, P. 67).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Deer Trail; Cedar Canyon

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED IN 1941 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 269).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BECRAFT, G.E.; WEIS, P.L., 1963, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE TURTLE LAKE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1131, 73 P., 6 PL.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C.P. JR., 1954, MOLYBDENUM OCCURENECES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 18, 118 P., 6 PL.

  • Deposit

    RHODES, B.P.; HYNDMAN, D.W., 1988, REGIONAL METAMORPHISM, STRUCTURE, AND TECTONICS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. IN ERNST, W.G., EDITOR, METAMORPHISM AND CRUSTAL EVOLUTION OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES: PRENTICE-HALL [ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.], RUBEY VOLUME VII, P. 271-295.

  • Deposit

    WDGER OF 90-18

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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