| Deposit ID | 10042398 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060167 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Jim Creek Mine |
| Related records | 10180255 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.52443, 48.81097 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1372 |
| Relative position | 6 1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF IONE, WASHINGTON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pend Oreille(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)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Pend Oreille |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 038N | 042E | 09 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | APPROXIMATELY 6% ZN AND 1% PB |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Spirit Pluton-Granodiorite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Spirit Pluton-Granodiorite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Metaline Formation-Dolomite |
| Rock description | Metaline Formation-Dolomite |
| (1) | -117.52443, 48.81097 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR , LENS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 55 DEG E |
| Dip | 60 DEG NW |
| Length | 76.2M |
| Width | 3.05M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 51.82M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1951 |
| Discoverer | Jim Creek Mines, Inc. |
| District name | Metaline District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Delles And Sullivan Mining And Milling Co. |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 251.46M |
| Overall depth | 51.82M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060167 |
YATES, R.G. 1964 GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE DEEP CREEK AREA, STEVENS AND PEND OREILLE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-412
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | HOST ROCK IS ROOF PENDANT OVERLYING SPIRIT PLUTON. NO ORE IS KNOWN IN THE PLUTON. PENDANT AT LEAST 200 FEET THICK. SMALL LENSES OF DISSEMINATED ZN AND PB SULPHIDES ELONGATED PARALLEL TO DOLOMITE BEDDING. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Puffett, Willard P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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