| Deposit ID | 10042399 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060169 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Iroquois Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Flannigan, Columbia |
| Related records | 10228729 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.54028, 48.9518 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 853 |
| Relative position | 11 MILES ENE FROM NORTHPORT, WASHINGTON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Stevens(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Leadpoint(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)
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 | Stevens |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 040N | 042E | 30 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Cadmium | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | MILL TESTS CONTAINED 3.3% ZN, 0.4% PB, 0.1 LB. CD/TON AND 0.025 OZ AG/TON |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Lamprophyre Dikes | ||||||
| Rock description | Lamprophyre Dikes | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Metaline Limestone-Dolomite;Ledbetter Slate-Carbonaceous Slate |
| Rock description | Metaline Limestone-Dolomite;Ledbetter Slate-Carbonaceous Slate |
| (1) | -117.54028, 48.9518 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Overturned Fold |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 55 DEG E |
| Dip | 50 DEG SE |
| Thickness | 28.96M |
| Length | 259.08M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 106.68M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1890 |
| Discoverer | Magnus Wulf And Partners |
| Year of first production | 1901 |
| District name | Northport District |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mines Management, Inc. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1554.48M |
| Overall depth | 99.06M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060169 |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 37, V. 1, P. 378
WEAVER, C.E., 1920, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 20, P. 296-297
YATES, R.G. AND ROBERTSON, J.F., 1958, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LEAD POINT QUADRANGE, STEVENS COUNTY, WASH.: USGS MIN. INV. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-137
U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC 7872
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE ZONE IN UPPER PART OF METALINE LIMESTONE IN ABOUT THE SAME STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION AS THE PRODUCTIVE JOSEPHINE ORE ZONE IN THE METALINEMINING DISTRICT SOME 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE IROQUOIS MINE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Puffett, Willard P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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