Lone Pine Mine

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041516
MRDS ID M056589
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Pine Mine
Alternate or previous names Submarine Mine
Related records 10131617

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.55645, 48.99817 (WGS84)
Relative position A FEW HUNDRED YDS SOUTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullfrog Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
040N 026E 03 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result LOW-GRADE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
    Rock unit name Similkameen
    Rock description Similkameen
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.55645, 48.99817

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHOOTS
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 0-10 NW-SE
    Length 304.8M
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN SHATTERED BY POST-MINERALIZATION MOVEMENT. ABOUT 300 FT DOWN THE HILLSIDE FROM THE MAIN WORKINGS A SMALL RAVINE CUTS ACROSS THE VEIN AT RIGHT ANGLES TO ITS DIP. ON THE OPPOSITE WALL OF THE RAVINE THE OUTCROP OF THE VEIN EXTENSION IS NOT SEEN. ; GEOL.DESC: VEIN SHATTERED BY PAST-MINERAL MOVEMENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oroville District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Minnesota And Washington Mining Co.
    First year 1921
    Last year 1924

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 396.24M

Comments on development

  • ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Mccoy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.