1. Mineral & Energy Resources of the Pacific Northwest

2. Resources may or may not be exploitable due to _____________________.
I. Introduction
Resources: what are geologic resources?
An _____________________________________ _____________________________________
Resources may or may not be exploitable due to _____________________.

3. I. Introduction
B. Types of Resources
Mineral

4. I. Introduction
B. Types of Resources
2. Energy
Alternatives 

5. I. Introduction
3. Water
Drinking, irrigation, hydroelectric, recreation
surface water 
groundwater 

6. I. Introduction
4. Soil

7. I. Introduction
C. Reserves and Economics Reserves =

8. Reserves Factors that determine profitability 
_____________ and ____________________
occurrence 
_______________________________
____________ & _______________ to market

9. I. Introduction D. Mining Districts
An area described for legal purposes and containing valuable minerals in payable amounts.
Term originated from need of self government & regulation (laws) prior to statehood (in the western states)

10. Coeur d’Alene District, northern Idaho
Mining Districts
Coeur d’Alene District, northern Idaho
_____________________ (ID still a territory)
“________________” mining district

11. Coeur d’Alene District
Since 1886
+1 billion ounces Ag
+8 million tons Pb
+3 million tons Zn
Cu, Sb, Cd, etc…
over 90 mines in district

12. II. Pac NW Resources Placer Gold
_______________  1884 “rush”, ~10,000 population (Spokane, 1882 ~1000)

16. II. Pac NW Resources B. Metal Veins  ___________________ veins
1. History
______________________
________  Tiger mine in Burke, Polaris, Bunker Hill
prospectors vs. corporations
labor wars

21. Coeur d’Alene Veins 2. Geology massive _______________ into __________
Example  Morning Star mine
4000’ strike x 50’ wide x 6700’ deep!
How did these form?
Deep, _________________ invade _________ along the _____________________ fault zone

23. II. Pac NW Resources C. The Sullivan Mine Kimberly, B.C.
massive _________________ deposit
formed on ____________________  _______________________

25. II. Pac NW Resources D. Butte, Montana  “the Richest Hill on Earth”
_________________ discovered in _________
_______ discovered in veins (and ______)
________ of no value until the 1880’s  why?
1920’s  world’s leading Cu producer  ________________ Mining Company

26. Butte & the Berkeley Pit
Geology of Butte
large ___________________________
from ________________________ (Boulder batholith ~70-90 Ma)
_________ & __________________ “halo” mineralization

27. Porphyry Copper System

28. Butte & the Berkeley Pit
Mining Methods
Early years  __________________ following high-grade veins
Later years  _____________ after low-grade disseminated
The ___________________  large open pit

31. II. Pac NW Resources E. Republic Mining District, Washington
______________
in underground ______________
From ___________________________
associated with _______________ activity 
heated groundwater

33. II. Pac NW Resources F. Other Notables
_______________, Lake Chelan  Cu-Au-Zn, ancient island arc volcano
________________  Pb-Zn-Ag found in limestone beds of Cambrian Metaline Fm.

34. II. Pac NW Resources G. Coal Deposits
*Eocene ____________ & ______________

35. II. Pac NW Resources H. Uranium Stevens & Spokane counties
________________ (Dawn Mining Company)
________________

37. II. Pac NW Resources
What’s our most abundant resource?