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Crystal Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042393
MRDS ID M060161
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Mine
Related records 10180412

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.28944, 47.90902 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position 20 MILES NNW FROM DAVENPORT, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Spokane(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coulee Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ritzville(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 28N 36E 21 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Calc-Silicate In Dolomite

Analytical data

Result 0.3% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite Or Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Granite Or Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.28944, 47.90902
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Trends: Ne

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N. 10 DEG. E.
    Dip 80 DEG. NW.
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Zone In Dolomite Adjacent To Andesite Dike.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Discoverer Captain Gray

Mining district

District name Egypt Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Crystal City Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 247.19M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT IS 375 FT. ADIT, 181 FT. SHAFT, 33 FT. INTERMEDIATE LEVEL, AND 403 FT. LOWER LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, W. A. G., 1944, DOLOMITE RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. OF GEOLOGY RPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS NO. 13, P 25-27

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL., V. 1, P. 216

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL BODIES OF SCHEELITE-BEARING ROCK IN TACTITE FORM IN DOLOMITE NEAR GRANITE. ANDESITE DIKES AND SILLS PRESENT.

Reporter information

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

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