Deer Trail

Plant in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10253423
MRDS ID M056341
MAS/MILS ID 0530650341
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Trail
Alternate or previous names Ly Boy,Hoodoo,Runyan Fr.,Splawn,, Hoodoo Ext.,Victor Fr.,Providenc, E,Royal Ext.,Happy Home,Deen Clai, Ms,Elephantpatd, M C Slate, Moonshine,Legal Tender,Deer Trail
Related records 10041348

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.09551, 48.03515 (WGS84)
Elevation 1082
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adams Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029 N 037 E 01 SWSE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.09551, 48.03515

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E
    Dip 46S
    Thickness 1.2M
    Length 1183M
    Width 109M
    Area 8HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N55E:46S
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 940616

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1894
Year of first production 1894
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation

Mining district

District name Cedar Canyon

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mc Clennon C. Slate
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT,HOWLAND,1914,ORE DEPS NEWASH.USGS BUL 550

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL,IAN;LOOFBOUROW,J.S,JR, 1962,GEOL OF MAGNESITE BELT

  • Deposit

    S CO,WA. USGS BUL 1142-F

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL,A.B;RAUP,O.B,1964 PRELIMGEOL MAP HUNTERS QUAD,STEVE

  • Deposit

    FERRY COUNTY WA.USGS FIELD STUDISMAP MF-276

  • Deposit

    FULKERSON,F.B;KINGSTON,G.A,1958, MINE PROD AU,AG,CU,PB,2N IN

  • Deposit

    OREILLE AND STEVENS COS.WASH 1902-1956,USBM.IC 7872

  • Deposit

    HODGES,L.K,1897,MING IN PAC NW SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING,M.T,1956,INVNTRY WA MIN DEPS.WA DIV GEOL BUL 37

  • Deposit

    JENKINS,O.P,LEAD DEPS PEND OREILLE AND STEVENS COS WA.WA DIV

  • Deposit

    PATTY,E.N,1921.METAL MINES OF WA.WA.GEOL SURV BUL 23.

  • Deposit

    POOLE,A,A,1939,THE DEER TRAIL MINE,STVNS CO.WA.UNIV.IDAHO BS

  • Deposit

    WA DIV.GEOL AND EARTH RESOURCES UNPUBD DATA.

  • Deposit

    WEAVER,C.E,1920,MIN RES STEVENS CO;WA GEOL SURV.BUL 20

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 080 COLS 35-52 EXPOSED ESTIMATED LEAD-TIME TO PRODUCE ORE THREE TO SIX MONTHS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-AUG-1994 Lucas, J.M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references