| Deposit ID | 10103869 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060119 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lucille Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Owen, Boundary Silver-Lead |
| Related records | 10302109 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.55528, 48.95014 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1189 |
| Relative position | 10 MILES NE OF NORTHPORT, WASHINGTON. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Stevens |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 040N | 042E | 30 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Cadmium | Tertiary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Gallium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lamprophyre Dikes | ||||
| Rock description | Lamprophyre Dikes | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble |
| Rock unit name | Maitlen Phyllite, Marble |
| Rock description | Maitlen Phyllite, Marble |
| (1) | -117.55528, 48.95014 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | On Se Limb Of Sw Plunging Syncline |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 DEG. E. |
| Dip | 40 DEG.NW |
| Plunge | 37 DEG |
| Plunge direction | SW |
| Length | 60.96M |
| Width | 18.29M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 76.2M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1910 |
| Discoverer | Elmer C. Owen |
| Year of first production | 1927 |
| District name | Northport District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pacific Northwest Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Frank Nettig And Joseph Zoldok |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 457.2M |
| Overall depth | 76.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060119 |
HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37 VOL. 1, P. 378
WEAVER, C.E., 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 298-299
YATES, R.G., 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE DEEP CREEK AREA, STEVENS AND PEND OREILLE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-412
1910 DIREXPL E. O. OWEN
1926 DIREXPL BOUNDARY SILVER LEAD CO.
1944 GEOLMAP C.D. CAMPBELL - OPEN FILE MAP.
1952 DIREXPL PACIFIC NORTHWEST MINING CO.
1954 GEOLMAP R. G. YATES - U.S.G.S. MF-137 AND U.S.G.S. MAP I-412
U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7872
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IS IN IRREGULAR MINERALIZED ZONES IN MARBLE ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS AND LAMPROPHYRE DIKES. SOME CONCENTRATED ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN MARBLE AND OVERLYING PHYLLITE. MARBLE ABOUT 90 FT. THICK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1973 | Puffett, Willard P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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