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Golden Cord Mine, San Poil Mining District (Keller Mining District), Ferry County, Washington, USAi
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Golden Cord MineMine
San Poil Mining District (Keller Mining District)Mining District
Ferry CountyCounty
WashingtonState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
48° 3' 16'' North , 118° 36' 5'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Keller234 (2011)6.8km
Elmer City240 (2017)27.0km
Coulee Dam1,093 (2017)29.6km
Nespelem256 (2017)30.4km
Grand Coulee1,043 (2017)32.4km
Mindat Locality ID:
20782
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:20782:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A silver-copper mine east of Keller on Silver Creek. It was developed by 2 adits, 125' and 500' long. Some ore was produced.
Tectonics: Paleocene To Eocene Granitic Rocks Intrude Metamorphosed Ordovician? Rocks In The Keller Graben (Joseph, 1990, Geol. Map, P. 12).

Deposit: Joseph (1990, geol. Map) shows the mine is in porphyritic granodiorite of manila creek. Because huntting (1956, p. 290) notes the mine is in schist, the area must be a small roof pendant in the paleocene to eocene granitic body. The area also contains numerous dacite dikes (joseph, 1990, geol. Map). ; info.src : 1 pub lit

Development: Econ.com: minor shipments were made in the early 1900's (moen, 1976, p. 101).

Ore(s): Mineralization Is In Silicified Schist, Which Is Cut By Porphyry. Ore Occurs As Pockets And Sparse Disseminations In Small Quartz Veinlets (Huntting, 1956, P. 290).

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10 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

Azurite
Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Bornite
Formula: Cu5FeS4
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Cuprite
Formula: Cu2O
Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Galena
Formula: PbS
'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Bornite2.BA.15Cu5FeS4
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Cuprite4.AA.10Cu2O
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Azurite5.BA.05Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 9 - Silicates
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Unclassified
'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
C AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
O AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
O CupriteCu2O
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
O Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
AlAluminium
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
SiSilicon
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
SSulfur
S BorniteCu5FeS4
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S GalenaPbS
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
FeIron
Fe BorniteCu5FeS4
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cu AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Cu BorniteCu5FeS4
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu CupriteCu2O
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

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