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Gould and Curry Mine, Nespelem Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Gould and Curry Mine | Mine |
| Nespelem Mining District | Mining District |
| Okanogan County | County |
| Washington | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
48° 9' 52'' North , 119° 1' 39'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nespelem Community | 253 (2011) | 0.8km |
| Nespelem | 256 (2017) | 3.9km |
| Elmer City | 240 (2017) | 19.3km |
| Coulee Dam | 1,093 (2017) | 22.5km |
| Grand Coulee | 1,043 (2017) | 24.8km |
A lead mine located on the Southeast spurr of Mineral Hill, 2.5 miles west of Nespelem. It was developed by two adits.
Alteration: 10 Ft Zone Of Oxidation From Surface Down.; Wall Rock Thorougly Sericitized For A Foot Or More From The Walls
Deposit: Loose mass of granite with which fragments of vein quartz are mingled. The lode has a clean-cut footwall, but the hanging wall is not well defined. The vein filling consists of coarse interlocking ore grains. The wall rock contains a small percentage of the ore sulfides along seams. In places the sulfide minerals, of which galena is the most abundant, form 50 % or more of the vein filling.
Development: Winze, crosscuts, and adits
Geology: The country rock is granite, slightly sheared and altered and cut by numerous dikes of granodiorite porphyry, most of which trend ne. In the lower adit the lode is cut and displaced a fe W ft to the NE by a transverse porphyry dike. ; geol.desc: wall rock sericitized, slightly mineralized to 1 ft. From vein
Rock formation(s): Colville Batholith
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
5 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| โ Galena Formula: PbS |
| โ 'Limonite' |
| โ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| โ Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| โ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| โ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| โ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| โ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| โ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| โ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| โ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| โ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| โ | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| โ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | โ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | โ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | โ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | โ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | โ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | โ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | โ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | โ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | โ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | โ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | โ Galena | PbS |
| S | โ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | โ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | โ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| K | โ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | โ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | โ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | โ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10041602 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Columbia MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Okanogan DomainDomain
- QuesnelliaVolcanic Arc
USA
- Washington
- ⭔Colville Indian ReservationReservation
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