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Sphalerite from
Deep Creek Mine, Deep Creek Area, Northport Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Deep Creek Mine, Deep Creek Area, Northport Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:148601
Long-form Identifier:1:3:148601:8
GUID (UUID V4):534f5385-2547-4512-96b1-7e969e29fa95
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.5km (0.3 miles) New England Prospect, Deep Creek Area, Northport Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Black Rock Mine, Deep Creek Area, Northport Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) Last Chance Mine, Deep Creek Area, Northport Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Scandia Mine, Deep Creek Area, Northport Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Great Western Mine, Deep Creek Area, Northport Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) Lone Star Mine, Deep Creek Area, Northport Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Advance Mine, Deep Creek Area, Northport Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) Cast Steel Prospect, Deep Creek Area, Northport Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) Silver Crown Mine, Northport Area, Northport Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
7.0km (4.4 miles) Farmer Mine, Deep Lake Area, Northport Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HORIZON, METALINE LIMESTONE FORMATION, NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON Introduction time, and (c) ilfitially the depositswere...and Bonanza, in StevensCounty. GeologicSettingof District By 1891it wasrecognized thatPenalOreilleCounty...IdahoextendintoeasternPend 1890); productionfrom the mine now known as the bia andnorthwestern to the west...MiddleCambrian Stone,and Calhounmines,respectively, in Stevens are overlain by over2,000feet of mostlyblack argilliteof...argilliteof Ordovician age. Stillyounger sedimen- County. All the zinc-lea. d deposits (exceptthe Bonanza)
Report (issue)
WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HENRY LANDES, State Geologist BULLETIN No. 23 THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON...herewith a report entitled "Tl1e lVfetal lVIines 0£ Washington," by Ernest N. Patty, with the recommendation... . . . . . . . . . . . History of metal mining in Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Mining methods .. . ................ ·· . . . . . . ..... . . . . . 69 PAR,T II. DESCRIPTION OF THE MINING DISTRICTS A.ND INDIVIDUAL ORE DEPOSITS , , ,
Report (issue)
Windfall Mining Company. The formations as exposed on the ' The ]iinerai Resources of Stevens Cotinty...ropo1-ted from the ore. u. s. COPPEn-oor_,n_ This mine is situated in sec. 17, T. 32 N., R. 41 E. TJiere...offices in Chewelah. The formations exposed in this area c011si.st of intcrbedded quartzite, silicified argillite...Bulletin, No. 20, Washington Geological SU-rvey CHEWELAH CONSOLIDATED. This mine is situated in the...of the north fork of Chewelah Creek and on the divide with Bear Creek. 1t is apprOA"lmately 12 miles
Report (volume)
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON BY HOWLAND BANCROFT INCLUDING A SECTION ON THE REPUBLIC MINING DISTRICT BY WALDEMAR...WALDEMAR LINDGREN AND HOWLAND BANCROFT WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 I CONTENTS. Page............. ^................................ 1 Area examined.............................................. History of mining activity.............................................. Mining and metallurgy....................................... Methods of mining...............................................
Report (issue)
BULLETIN N o. 20 Tl1e Mineral Resol1rccs of Stevens County Ry ('HARLES E. WEAVR]{ 01,YMP!A FRANJ, "M...a r eport entitled "The Mineral R csotu'ces of Stevens ounty,,, by Charles E. Weaver, with the recommendatio1...•• • ••. • . • • •• • •• • • • •. Location and area of the region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . Relation of the mountains in Stevens County to the subdivisions of the Cordillera. . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stevens Series.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silver-poor and silver-rich zinc-lead ores, N.E. Washington State Philip E. Brown 1 and Gaafar A. Ahmed 2...53706 2 Present Address: Ministry of Energy and Mining, Geological and Mineral Resources Dept., P.O. Box...cemented mainly by open space fillings of dolomite, sphalerite, quartz, galena, jasperoid and calcite. Replacement...the geology and ore deposits of Pend Oreille and Stevens Counties (Fig. 1) have been previously described...miles from British Columbia southward to Spokane Washington, where it disappears under the Tertiary Columbia
Book
Bart Cannon 1975 CORD ILLERAN Mercer Island, Washington Lilli liliiiLt' 111? KLi-KlLLLIlrVlIlI Copyright...Cordilleran 18 Holly Hill Drive Mercer Island, Washington 98040 COVER ILLUSTRATION: Amethyst scepter heads...upon milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A....publications dealing with the various aspects of Washington State's diverse mineral wealth exist, but none..."Minerals of Washington" represents an attempt to begin such a cata­ logue. "Minerals of Washington" shall
Report (Issue volume)
State of Washington ARTHUR B. LANGLIE, Governor Department of Conservation and Development W. A. GALBRAITH...GLOVER, Supervisor Bulletin No. 37 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS By MARSHALL...Volume 2 - MAPS STATE PRINTING PLANT. OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON lll!UI For sale by Department of Conservation...volumes-text and maps) $4.50. INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS Volume 1...Bulletin 33, "Nonmetallic Mineral Resources of Washington," published in 1936. Since then the catalogue
Report (issue)
192 B1tlletin No. 23, Washington Geologicat Survey MOUNTAIN BOY These workings·which are credited with...three-quarters 0£ a mile southwest of the Castle Creek camp. A part of the workings was not accessible... page 207. The Metai .Mines of Washington 193 SHERIDAN DISTRICT GENERAL FEATURES Ten miles by air...Cascade) District. Most of the holdings are in T. 38 N., R. 31 E., just across the Ferry County line into...into Okanogan County. The first location was made during 1897 and a year later the Zalia M property made
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (volume)
COMPILED BY SAMUEL SANFORD AND RALPH W. STONE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 USEFUL MINERALS...it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...STATES. Tennessee........Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips
Report (volume)
AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 1917 CONTENTS........................................... 102 District of Columbia ................................................................................ Washington................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely
Report (issue)
Deposits of the Metaline Zinc-Lead District Pend Oreille County Washington By MCCLELLAND G. DINGS and DONALD...%inc-lead district in the State of Washington UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1965...deposits of the Metaline zinc-lead district, Pend Oreille County, Washington, by McClelland G. Dings and Donald...Donald H. Whitebread. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964. v, 109 p. illus., maps, diagrs., tables...zinc-lead district, Pend Oreille County, Washington. 1964. (Card 2) 1. Geology Washington (State) Pend
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALIZATION, PEND OREILLE MINE, KOOTENAY ARC, METALINE DISTRICT, WASHINGTON Suzanne Paradis,1,† Danny...carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb sulfide deposit, is the only base metal mine recently in production within the historically prolific...consists of en échelon tabular to lensoidal pyrite-sphalerite–rich orebodies hosted by the middle Cambrian...arc, in northeast Washington, USA (Fig. 1). Until recently (July 31, 2019: the mine transitioned to care...deposit within the Kootenay arc hosting an operational mine. The deposit consists of two spatially and lithologically
Report (volume)
TUNGSTEN MINERALS AND DEPOSITS BY FRANK L. HESS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1917 ADDITIONAL...SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. AT 25 CENTS PER COPY CONTENTS. Page.......................................... 48 Sphalerite...........:....................................elongated rhombic crystal faces, from Nugget mine, Gilpin County, Colo.-................... II. A, Wedge-shaped...from Hoosier mine, Nederland, Colo.; B, Cuboid ferberite crystals from Georgia A. mine, Nederland. Colo
Book (edition)
DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 18...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...thickness; mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted...south prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is around 7,000 ft...a lot of limestone outcroppings but most of the area is covered with volcanic cinder. On former trips...in California recently I visited the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles to see the famous collection...tourists, one of whom, a rockhound from the Los Angeles area, brought a specimen to the Museum. As a result,...in Los Angeles can walk across the lawn to the County Museum for another thrill—the display of some of
Book (volume)
homogeneity. Throughout the Great Plains, wells drilled deep into this unit provide an inexhaustible supply of...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...and a Southern Section, covering a somewhat larger area around Harney Peak. The northern section is characterized...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Report (volume)
Commission. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1954 v>, 1005 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF...of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D. C. CONTENTS Page Introduction, by W...Thurston.. ________ ___________ History of fluorspar mining in Utah __ --__-_________--_____--___ Classification...in Indian Peak Range and Monarch claims, Beaver County, by W. R. Thurston. __ ____ _______ _____ _. _______...mine__________________________--_.___-____ Blue Bell mine...-- ____ _____ - __ __ _ ___________ Noonday p
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to collectors. Many specimens were produced when mining districts were active in the late 1800s through...districts mentioned below, most historically active mining districts in the state have been inactive for decades...exploration activity occurs on an irregular basis. Beaver County MINERAL COLLECTING IN THE STATE of Utah has undergone...article does not give permis- Lincoln district: The Creole mine, located at the south end of the Mineral...Zndia X % GARFIELD SAN JUAN x Orderville WASHINGTON Figure 1. Selected Utah collecting localities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...by a few collectors for about fifty years, this area was popular for little more than a decade, providing...granite, lies within a Wilderness Area in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. There are many other proposed...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES DIVISION OLYMPIA, WASHiNGTON 98504 METAL MINES OF WASHINGTONPRELIMINARY REPORT...DERKEY NANCY L. JOSEPH and RAYMOND LASMANIS WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN...Earth Resources standards and nomenclature. 1, WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF Natural Resources Brian...DERKEY NANCY L. JOSEPH and RAYMOND LASMANIS WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN...standards and nomenclature. • CONTENTS Page Page County and site name Kelly Camp Kettle Key East Knob
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Pyrrhotite and some Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along...lineBeryl. MAYSVILLE, area gravels along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd...United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:  area barite pitsBarite... Goethite, Hematite, Limonite, Iron minerals;  area mines, as important producersBarite, Manganese
Book (volume)
Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington...Keene, Mill Creek and Tuscarawas, as hard dark gray to black nodules⎯flint. CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS...(on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co. exposures of blue clay
 
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