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Silver Leaf Mine

Producer in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Tungsten, Zinc, Lead, Antimony
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107716
MRDS ID D001641
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Leaf Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.25111, 48.24985 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position ON SOUTH SLOPE OF RATTLESNAKE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kewa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032N 037E 30 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 11 TONS HAND-SORTED ORE YIELDED 3.6% PB, 2.2% ZN, 180 OZ. AG
Result A MILL TEST OF 3 TONS OF ORE SHOWED 2.125% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Covada Series, Quartzites, Marbles
    Rock description Covada Series, Quartzites, Marbles

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.25111, 48.24985
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Covada Dist.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED SMALL AMOUNT OF TUNGSTEN IN 1915

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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