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Kimberly Mine

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041585
MRDS ID M056685
Record type Site
Current site name Kimberly Mine
Related records 10253052

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.53867, 48.88873 (WGS84)
Elevation 585
Relative position ABOUT 7 MILES NE OF LOOMIS.

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)

Okanogan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N 026E 11 NW OF SE OF SE OF SW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR MIDDLE OF WEST SIDE WANNACUT LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNKNOWN PRODUCTION.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Diorite Is Altered

Analytical data

Result BETTER ORE SAID TO ASSAY 10-20 % PB, 60-70 OZ AG, AND 6-15 AU PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Whisky Mountain Pluton
    Rock description Whisky Mountain Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Spectacle
    Rock description Spectacle
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.53867, 48.88873
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault? At Contact

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 46 W
    Dip 52 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Diorite-Slate Contact (Probably A Fault Contact); Ore Confined To Hanging Wall Over Contact.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wannacut Lake District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter A. Hart
    Home office Oroville, Wa.
    First year 1952

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • 140 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH DRIFTS ON THE 60, 80, AND 100 FT LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • SHAFT WITH DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 220.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 92-93, PLATES 1-2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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