Lancaster Mine, Curlew Mining District, Ferry County, Washington, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Lancaster Mine | Mine |
| Curlew Mining District | Mining District |
| Ferry County | County |
| Washington | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
48° 53' 59'' North , 118° 34' 15'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Curlew | 118 (2011) | 2.6km |
| Sion | 658 (2019) | 14.2km |
| Grand Forks | 4,208 (2008) | 17.8km |
| Orient | 115 (2011) | 27.2km |
| Republic | 1,072 (2017) | 30.5km |
A copper-silver mine located 1 mile north of Curlew on the east bank of the Kettle River. It worked chimney like zones in limestone and granite. Developments includs the main adit, 1,490' long, with 100' of drifts, and several cuts and shafts. It produced 30 tons of ore in 1929.
Tectonics: Eocene Felsic Rocks Intruded Permian-Triassic Metasedimentary And Metavolcanic Rocks Of The Area (Parker And Calkins, 1964, Geol. Map).
Deposit: A small body of permian-triassic, carbonate-bearing sedimentary rocks was intruded first by eocene scatter creek rhyodacite and then by eocene quartz monzonite. All these rocks are cut by north-east-trending quartz latite dikes (parker and calkins, 1964, p. 89). ; info.src : 1 pub lit
Development: Econ.com: carload of 29 tons of hand-sorted ore shipped in 1929 (from open cuts) contained 1,651 lb. Cu, 4,719 lb. Pb, and 395 oz. Ag (parker and calkins, 1964, p. 89).
Ore(s): Chimney-Like Zones As Much As 3 Ft. Wide Are Present At The Intersections Of Fractures In Limestone At Its Contact With Granite (Huntting, 1956, P. 54).
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5 valid minerals.
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| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10055881 |
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Lancaster Mine, Curlew Mining District, Ferry County, Washington, USA