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Dosser-Maki-Lotze Prospect

Occurrence in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Iron, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042381
MRDS ID M060147
Record type Site
Current site name Dosser-Maki-Lotze Prospect
Related records 10180813

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.60444, 48.84875 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 9 MILES SE 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 34,35 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIMONITE RICH GOSSAN CHANGED TO MASSIVE PYRITE AT DEPTH BUT WITH ONLY SPARSE BASE-METAL SULFIDES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result GOSSAN CONTAINED 41.3% FE, 1.6% PB, NIL ZN, 0.8 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Spirit Pluton-Coarse-Grained Light Gray Granodiorite
    Rock description Spirit Pluton-Coarse-Grained Light Gray Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Ledbetter Slate, Black Argillite;Metaline Formation-Limestone, Dolomite
    Rock description Ledbetter Slate, Black Argillite;Metaline Formation-Limestone, Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Cambrian limestone and dolomite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 60 DEG. N.
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 18.29M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 137.16M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYRITE LENS SUBPARALLEL TO DOLOMITE BEDDING FORMS A CONSPICUOUS GOSSAN AT OUTCROP AND CONTAINS SPARSE AMOUNTS OF LEAD AND ZINC. NOT COMMERCIAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer Grandview Mines

Mining district

District name Northport

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grandview Mines
  • Type Owner
    Owner George Dosser

Comments on the workings information

  • PYRITE ZONE THINS FROM 60 FT AT SURFACE TO 1 FT AT INCLINED DEPTH OF 750 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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-41

Reporter information

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

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