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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Buckskin Schist, Rocks of the Napeequa River area — Schist, Tuff, Gneiss
- Associated rock
- Plutonic Rock
- Orebody form
- Massive sulfide, Tabular, Lense, Disseminated
- Deposit model
- 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Operation type
- Underground
- Workings
- Underground
- Discovered
- 1887
- First production
- 1938
- Last production
- 1957
Records and references
Mosier, D.L., Berger, V.I., and Singer, D.A., 2009, Volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits of the world; database and grade and tonnage models: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1034 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1034/].Huntting, M.t., 1956, Inventory of Washington Minerals Part II, Metallic Minerals: Washington Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 37, v. 1, 428 p.; v.2, 67 p.Derkey, R.E., Joseph, N.L., and Lasmanis, Raymond, 1990, Metal mines of Washington - Preliminary report: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Open File Report 90-18, p. 13HUTTLE,J B HOWE SOUND'S HOLDEN MINE NEARS PRODUCTION. ENG MIN. JOUR., VOL. 139, NO. 1, 1938, PP. 32-35. NORTHWEST MINING. CHELAN COPPER. DEC. 1, 1938, PP. 7-8. MINING WORLD. SAFETY AND RECREATION FACILITIES AND PROGRAM OF THE HOLDEN MINE. VOL. 2, NO. 9, 1940, 15-17.Stotelmeyer, R.b., Johnson, F.L., McHugh, E.L., Federspiel, F.E., Denton, D.K., Jr., and Stebbins, s.A., 1982, Mineral investigat5ion of the Glacier Peak Wilderness and adjacent areas, Chelan, Skagit, and Snohomish Counties, Washington: U.S. Bureau of Mines MLA OFR 89-82. YOUNGBERG, E. A., AND WILSON, T. L. GEOLOGY OF THE HOLDEN MINE. ECON. GEOL., VOL. 47, NO. 1, 1952, PP. 1-12.Nold, J.L., 1983, The Holden Mine, a metamorphosed volcanogenic deposit in the Cascade Range of Washington: Economic Geology v. 78, no. 5, p. 944-953. WATSON, D. W., 1957, ORE LOCALIZATION AT THE HOLDEN MINE, CHELAN COUNTY, WASH., WASH STATE UNIV. M. S. THESIS, 43 PP.Dames & Moore, 1999, Draft Final Remedial investigation report, Holden Mine site, volume 1A - Report: Dames & Moore prepared for Alumet, Inc., 1,567 p. DU BOIS, ROBERT LEE, 1954, PETROLOGY AND GENESIS OF THE ORES OF THE HOLDEN MINE AREA, UNIV. OF WASH. PHD THESIS, 222 PP. CATER, F.D., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOLDEN QUADRANGLE, SNOHOMISH AND CHELAN COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-646, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:62,500.Cater, F.W., 1982, Intrusive rocks of the Holden and Lucerne quadrangles, Washington - The relation of depth zones, composition, textures, and emplacement of plutons: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1220, 108 p. NORTHWEST MINING. BUILDING THE CHELAN MILL. DEC. 1, 1938, PP. 9-13. PEARSE, H. A., AND ZANADUOROFF, F. A. HOWE SOUND'S NEW HOLDEN MILL. ENG. MIN. JOUR., VOL. 140, NO. 11, 1939, PP. 31-34. MINING WORLD. ZINC RECOVERY IN THE HOLDEN MILL. VOL. 6, NO. 10, 1944, PP. 15-18. ZANADVOROFF, U. A. DISPOSAL OF MILL TAILINGS AT THE HOLDEN CONCENTRATOR. AIME TECH PUB. 1989, MIN TECHNOL., 1946, PP.1-8SODERBURG, R. L. MINING METHODS OF THE HOLDEN MINE, HOWE SOUND CO., CHELAN DIVISION, HOLDEN, WASH. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7448, 1948, 27 PP. YOUNGBERG, E. A. DRILLING BLASTHOLES AT THE HOLDEN MINE WITH PERCUSSION DRILLS AND TUNGSTEN CARBIDE BITS. AIME TECH PUB. 2558, MIN. ENG., VOL. 1, NO. 3, 1949, PP. 75-78HUTTLE, J. B. SOME UNDERGROUND CHANGES AT THE HOLDEN MINE. ENG. MIN. JOUR., VOL. 150, NO. 4, 1949, PP. 84-87. CURZON, J. J. ROCK DRILLING PROGRESS AT HOLDEN. MIN. CONG. JOUR., VOL. 35, NO. 11, 1949, PP. 35-38. NEWMAN, J. M. LONGHOLE DRILLING RAISES SUCCESSFUL AT HOLDEN. MIN. ENG., VOL. 3, NO. 10, 1951, PP. 857-859MCWILLIAMS, J. R. MINING METHODS AND COSTS AT THE HOLDEN MINE, CHELAN DIVISION, HOWE SOUND CO., CHELAN CO., WASH., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7870, 1958, 43 PP. WILLIAMS, E. P., 1941, STOPING WITH DIAMOND DRILL BLAST HOLES AT THE HOLDEN MINE, UNIV. OF WASH THESIS. WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. OF ECOLOGY. CONFIRMED AND SUSPECTED CONTAMINATED SITES REPORT, OCT. 13, 1993. MINING WORLD. POWDER-BLAST MINING AT THE HOLDEN MINE. VOL. 2, NO. 6, 1940, PP. 2-7. MINING WORLD. POWDER BLASTING PRACTICE AT THE HOLDEN MINE. VOL. 2, NO. 7, 1940, PP. 11-16. CURZON, J. J. MINING METHODS USED AT THE HOLDEN MINE. MIN. CONG. JOUR., VOL. 27, NO. 3, 1941, PP. 10-17. MINING WORLD. DIAMOND-DRILL BLAST HOLE MINING AT HOLDEN. VOL. 6, NO. 6, 1944, PP. 17-23. PHILLIPS, W. S., AND SODERBURG, R. L. THE HOLDEN METHOD OF LOADING DIAMOND DRILL BLAST HOLES. MINING WORLD, VOL. F, NO. 1, 1945, PP. 11-13. CURZON, J. J., CHANGING MINING METHODS AT THE HOLDEN MINE. TRANS. AIME VOL. 163, 1945, PP. 73-95. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. DIAMOND DRILLING AS APPLIED TO ORE PRODUCTION. VOL. 147 NO. 1, 1946, PP. 58-64.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10180545 — view the source record
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Coordinates: 48.19700, -120.78000
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