Little Noisy Mine

Occurrence in Pend Oreille county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum
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 10095656
MRDS ID M060166
Record type Site
Current site name Little Noisy Mine
Related records 10155576

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.27831, 48.79125 (WGS84)
Elevation 838
Relative position 1/2 MILE EAST OF SOUTH END SULLIVAN LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pend Oreille(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Metaline Falls(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Pend Oreille

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 017N 044E 17 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED 10.5% PB, 14.9% ZN, 5.05 OZ AG/TON, 0.03 OZ AU/TON. SOME CONTAIN 0.25% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Kaniksu Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Kaniksu Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Maitlen Phyllite, Hornfelsic Limestone
    Rock description Maitlen Phyllite, Hornfelsic Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Cambrian phyllite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Mineralized Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG SE
    Length 140.21M
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein Near Phyllite-Granite Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Metaline Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. A. Frick
  • Type Owner
    Owner I. E. Boswick

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 396.24M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, 80, 250, AND 950 FT. LONG, A 30-FT. SHAFT, AND AN OPEN CUT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MILL TESTS BY U.S.B.M. YIELDED A CONCENTRATE OF 59.0% WO3 WITH 60.6% RECOVERY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CULVER, H.E, 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. OF GEOL. BULL. 34, P. 54 AND 55

  • Deposit

    PARK, C.F. JR., AND CANNON, R.S. JR. 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE METALINE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: USGS PROF. PAPER 202, P. 65

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, V. 1, P. 370

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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