Read Mine (Read Iron Mine), Adams Mountain, Deer Trail District, Deer Trail & Cedar Canyon Districts, Huckleberry Range, Stevens Co., Washington, USA
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 48° 6' 23'' North , 118° 7' 21'' West |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 48.10639,-118.12250 |
| GeoHash: | G#: c2s18j9b4 |
| Other regions containing this locality: | Rocky Mountains, North America |
| Locality type: | Mine |
| Köppen climate type: | Dsb : Warm, dry-summer continental climate |
N 1/2 section 14, T30N-R37E
A Fe,Cu,W,Sn,Ti,Mn,Mo mine
This mine is located on the western slope of Adams Mountain.
It worked a contact metamorphic deposit in Metaline Formation limestone that ranges from a few inches to possibly 40' wide and 3,000' long.
Developments include 5 shallow prospect shafts, 2 short adits and several open cuts
Several tons of ore were produced and smelted prior to 1956.
References:
*Huntting, M. (1956): Inventory of Washington Minerals, Part II, Metallic Minerals, Vol. 1
*Cannon, B. (1975): Minerals of Washington, p.48,72,75
*Lasmanis, R. Et Al (1990): Metal Mines of Washington-Preliminary Report
*http://www.pnwfm.org/newsletters/PNWFM_newsletter_0409.pdf
Commodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
28 valid minerals.
Regional Geology
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| Phanerozoic - Precambrian 0 - 4000 Ma ID: 3187761 | Precambrian-Phanerozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Eoarchean to Quaternary (0 - 4000 Ma) Lithology: Mudstone-carbonate-sandstone-conglomerate Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
| Ordovician 443.8 - 485.4 Ma ID: 2918833 | Upper Paleozoic rocks, undivided Age: Ordovician (443.8 - 485.4 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Colville Quartzite; Covada Group Description: Mostly graywacke, interbedded quartzite and phyllite, greenstone and serpentine, and black shale with minor limestone. Some quartz-mica schist in Bald Knob area of Ferry County. Schist, gneiss, and amphibolite in other parts of Ferry County. Some rocks of lower Paleozoic age, possibly Precambrian, and Mesozoic may be included. Comments: Stoffel and others, 1991, report that while the term "Mission argillite" was once widely used, it has since been abandoned. Outcrops in the northern half of Ferry County make up part of the Tenas Mary Creek and Kettle metamorphic core complexes (see also WAPZl). Lithology: Major:{graywacke,quartzite}, Minor:{gneiss,schist,arenite}, Incidental:{argillite, phyllite, limestone, conglomerate, metasedimentary, chert, greenstone, serpentinite} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
| Cambrian - Ordovician 485.4 Ma ID: 1423240 | Metaline Formation |
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