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Blue Horse Mine, Republic Mining District, Ferry County, Washington, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Blue Horse Mine | Mine |
| Republic Mining District | Mining District |
| Ferry County | County |
| Washington | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
48° 33' 20'' North , 118° 35' 54'' West
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A silver-gold mine near the summit of Iron Mountain. Some production is reported prior to 1913 and in 1934.
Tectonics: Eocene Felsic Rocks Intruded Permian-Triassic Metasedimentary And Metavolcanic Rocks Of The Republic Graben (Muessig, 1967, Geol. Map).
Deposit: The blue horse mine is in a sequence of permian-triassic metasedimentary and metavolcanic rock. Diorite adjacent to the vein contains thompsonite, which means it is probably pre-tertiary in age (muessig, 1967, geol. Map, p. 17; huntting, 1956, p. 288). ; info.src : 1 pub lit
Development: Econ.com: produced prior to 1913 and in 1934 (huntting, 1956, p. 288).
Ore(s): A Quartz Vein Roughly Follows The Contact Between Limestone-Limy Argillite And Diorite (Huntting, 1956, P. 288.)
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4 valid minerals.
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| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ 'Thomsonite Subgroup' |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Thomsonite Subgroup' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10055865 |
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Blue Horse Mine, Republic Mining District, Ferry County, Washington, USA