Jay Gould Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042352
MRDS ID M060108
Record type Site
Current site name Jay Gould Mine
Alternate or previous names Fred B. Mine
Related records 10301471

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65054, 48.29152 (WGS84)
Elevation 866
Relative position 3 MILES NE OF CHEWELAH, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chewelah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chewelah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032N 041E 08 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Flowery Trail Granodiorite
    Rock description Flowery Trail Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.65054, 48.29152

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 45 W
    Dip 45 SW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 59.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins In Fractured Siliceous Limestone Near Granodiorite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1902

Mining district

District name Chewelah

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner O. C. Niles

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 59.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY 195-FT SHAFT, 4 LEVELS AND 100-FT ADIT. SEVERAL HUNDRED FT OF WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEAVER, C.E. 1920, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 151-152

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 550, P. 106-107

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 328

  • Deposit

    1909 RECON HOWLAND BANCROFT - PUBLISHED REPOR

  • Production

    U.S.B.M.INFO. CIRC. 7872

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