Farmer Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gallium, Germanium
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 10042361
MRDS ID M060120
Record type Site
Current site name Farmer Mine
Alternate or previous names Deep Lake
Related records 10180874

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.62333, 48.8493 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTHPORT, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deep Lake(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N 041E 34 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gallium Critical Tertiary
Germanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Spirit Pluton-Granodiorite
    Rock description Spirit Pluton-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Metaline Limestone
    Rock description Metaline Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.62333, 48.8493

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne- Trending Fault, Dips Sw And Offsets Main Ore Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 152.4M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1948

Mining district

District name Northport

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Farmer Mine Enterprises
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Farmer

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 195.07M
    Overall depth 73.15M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE CONTAINS TRACES OF GALLIUM AND GERMANIUM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, G. C. AND GAMMELL, 1947, THE FARMER ZINC-LEAD PROSPECT STEVENS COUNTY, WASH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 4036, P. 7

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    1944 GEOLMAP C.D. CAMPBELL, GEOLOGIC MAP

  • Deposit

    1945 DIREXPL U.S.B.M. DRILLED TWO HOLES.

  • Deposit

    1951 DIREXPL HARTBAUER BROTHERS - DEVELOPMENT.

  • Deposit

    1952 DIREXPL FARMER MINES ENTERPRISES - DEVELOPMENT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MINERALS DISSEMINATED IN LIMESTONE AND ALONG FRACTURES.DISSEMINATED SULFIDES FADE OUT RAPIDLY WITHIN A FEW FEET OF THE ORE -BEARING FRACTURES. LIMESTONE - GRANODIORITE CONTACT IS A FAULT. MAIN ORE ZONE 250 FEET NORTH OF FAULTED CONTACT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references