Kettle Mine, Curlew Mining District, Ferry County, Washington, USAi
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Kettle Mine | Mine |
Curlew Mining District | Mining District |
Ferry County | County |
Washington | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
48° 52' 42'' North , 118° 37' 31'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Curlew | 118 (2011) | 2.0km |
Sion | 658 (2019) | 18.2km |
Grand Forks | 4,208 (2008) | 22.1km |
Republic | 1,072 (2017) | 26.9km |
Orient | 115 (2011) | 30.9km |
Mindat Locality ID:
20998
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:20998:7
GUID (UUID V4):
b8563e39-df55-46ba-870e-aa7634504b85
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Kettle River operations; Granny Mine; K-S Mine
A gold mine on the south side of the Kettle River west of Curlew.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
7 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
β Fluorite Formula: CaF2 References: |
β Gold Formula: Au |
β Gold var. Electrum Formula: (Au,Ag) |
β Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β Pyrargyrite Formula: Ag3SbS3 |
β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
β Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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β | Gold var. Electrum | 1.AA.05 | (Au,Ag) |
β | 1.AA.05 | Au | |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
β | Pyrargyrite | 2.GA.05 | Ag3SbS3 |
Group 3 - Halides | |||
β | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
β | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
H | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | β Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
O | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
O | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
F | Fluorine | |
F | β Fluorite | CaF2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Al | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
Si | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Pyrargyrite | Ag3SbS3 |
S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
K | Potassium | |
K | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
K | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | β Fluorite | CaF2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Ag | Silver | |
Ag | β Gold var. Electrum | (Au,Ag) |
Ag | β Pyrargyrite | Ag3SbS3 |
Sb | Antimony | |
Sb | β Pyrargyrite | Ag3SbS3 |
Au | Gold | |
Au | β Gold var. Electrum | (Au,Ag) |
Au | β Gold | Au |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10055880 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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