Triune Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041613
MRDS ID M056736
Record type Site
Current site name Triune Mine
Alternate or previous names Crescent
Related records 10131840

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.53284, 48.89845 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position 1/2 MI W OF OLD POST OFFICE, TSOLDEN

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
039N 026E 10,11 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES CAROLINE, JESSIE, OCCIDENTAL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MORE THAN $300,000 BEFORE 1938, 1939

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result EARLY-$10 TO $40/TON AVG. .01 OZ AU, .3 OZ AG (TAILINGS) OTHER-6.32-.03 OZ AU, .4-.5% A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.53284, 48.89845

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Very Irregular Dip, Thickness

Ore body information

  • General form AT LEAST 4 VEINS, STRINGER TO 10'
    Strike N-S
    Dip 20-40 E
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Argillite Near Granite Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRANITE SERICITIZED, KAOLINIZED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wannacut Lk

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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