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Butcher Boy Mine

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041634
MRDS ID M056775
Record type Site
Current site name Butcher Boy Mine
Related records 10228419

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.05005, 48.95262 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.85 MILE NORTH OF CHESAW.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chesaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 030E 21 N2 OF NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 175 FT WEST OF A COUNTY ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 11 CARLOADS ORE 1907

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A CARLOAD OF ORE IN 1908 AVG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Kobau
    Rock description Kobau

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.05005, 48.95262
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Local Faulting

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 1 IN-6 FT VEIN WIDTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1909

Mining district

District name Myers Creek District; Chesaw Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner James Miller
    Home office Chesaw, Wa.
    First year 1938
  • Type Owner
    Owner Butcher Boy Mining Co.
    First year 1908
    Last year 1915

Production statistics

  • Year 1907
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Probably At Least 4 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 113g/mt
  • Year 1908
    Material ORE AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^4 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 113g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT: DRIVEN WEST 156 FT, THEN NW 170 FT; THE LAST 1 00 FT EXPOSES THE VEIN. ABOUT 150 FT WEST OF THE ADIT PORTAL 150 FT HIGHER IN ELEVATION) IS THE HIGH GRADE ORE SHAFT, WHIC H IS REPORTED TO CONTAIN A STOPE 6 FT WIDE, 60 FT HIGH, AND 6 0 FT LONG, FROM A WORKING LEVEL 35 FT BELOW THE SHAFT COLLAR.

Comments on development

  • ADIT AND SHAFT. IN 1909 A CLOUDBURST FILLED THE MINE SHAFT AND STOPES WITH WATER AND SURFACE DEBRIS. IN 1938 AN AT TEMPT WAS MADE TO CLEAR THE STOPE WHERE THE MOST HIGH-GRADE O RE WAS MINED; THE RESULTS ARE UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 137.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DGER BULL 73, P. 33, PLATE 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN IN GREENSTONE
Deposit THERE COULD BE RESERVES IN THE SHAFT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

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