Cleveland Mine

Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Antimony
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042362
MRDS ID M060121
Record type Site
Current site name Cleveland Mine
Alternate or previous names Santa Rita
Related records 10277701

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.02416, 48.11679 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 8 1/2 MILES EAST OF HUNTERS, WASHINGTON

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)

Lower Spokane(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(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 030N 038E 09 Washington

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Boulangerite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 6 SAMPLES ACROSS AVERAGE WIDTH OF 11 FT, 6.85% PB, 3.07% ZN, 1.03% SB, 3.77 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Buffalo Hump Formation-Phyllite, Qtzite;Stensgar Dolomite
    Rock description Buffalo Hump Formation-Phyllite, Qtzite;Stensgar Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.02416, 48.11679

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Steeply Dipping West Limb Of A Northward Plunging Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 20 DEG. E
    Dip 85 DEG. E
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In Dolomite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Discoverer F.R. Tinsby And W.L. Falter
Year of first production 1903

Mining district

District name Deertrail District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cleveland Silver Mines, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL CARS OF BOULANGERITE WERE SHIPPED TO MIDVALE, UTAH IN 1946 AND 1942

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1066.8M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY ADITS, SHAFTS, AND OPEN PIT.

Comments on development

  • LATEST WORK IS FROM OPEN PIT MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C.P., JR., ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 39, P.137-14.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS; WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37 VOL. 1, P. 239

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, A.B., AND RAUP, O.B.,1964, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUNTERS QUADRANGLE, STEVENS AND FERRY COUNTIES,WASH. U.S.GEOL.SURVEY MIN. INV. MAP MF-276

  • Deposit

    WEAVER,C.E.,1920, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 20, P. 205-209

  • Deposit

    1892 DIREXPL TINSBY AND FALTER - DEVELOPMENT

  • Deposit

    1917 DIREXPL CLEVELAND MINING CO - DEVELOPMENT

  • Deposit

    1950 DIREXPL BASEMETALS INC. DEVELOPMENT; 1966 DIREXPL CLEVELAND SILVER MINES - DEVELOPMENT

  • 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

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External references