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Bi-Metallic Mine

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten
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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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041655
MRDS ID M056809
Record type Site
Current site name Bi-Metallic Mine
Related records 10204699

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.14144, 48.85178 (WGS84)
Elevation 1356
Relative position 3 MILES NE OF HAVILLAH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Havillah(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N 029E 26;27 NW OF SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON NE RIDGE OF BIMETHALLIC MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SEVERAL TONS CU-AU ORE 1918. 500 LB HIGH-GRADE MO ORE . SLIGHT RADIOACTIVITY IN ORE ZONES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Molybdite Ore
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Kaolinite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinized & Sericitized Granite Porphyry; Minor Ma Lachite Staining On Surface Exposures

Analytical data

Result 4 AVG.-307% MO, 27 AVG.-TRACE TO 3.87% MO, .02-1.26% CU, TRACE-.5 OZ AG, TRACE A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.14144, 48.85178
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Undulating Shear Zones; Ne Trending Fault To West

Ore body information

  • General form SHOOTS
    Length 15.24M
    Width 79.25M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Granite Porphyry-Metasediment Contact; Fractur E Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS LOCALIZED ALONG SEVERAL UNDULATIN G SHEAR ZONES IN HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ALASKITE, APLITE, & M ONZONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1896
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name Myers Creek District; Buckhorn Mtn Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dawn Mining Co.
    First year 1961

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 178.31M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS, TRENCHES, AND TWO ADITS. THE LOWEST ADIT, WHICH IS CAVED AT THE PORTAL, IS AT EVELATION 4100 & I S 300 FT LONG. THE UPPER MAIN ADIT IS ABOUT 2000 FT SE OF THE LOWER ADIT AT ELEVATION 4580. THIS ADIT TRENDS N28W FOR 285 FT AND HAS A 40 FT CROSSCUT NEAR ITS FACE. ABOUT 140 FT FROM THE PORTAL, INTO THE ADIT, AN 80 FT RAISE EXTENDS TO THE SURF ACE, BUT IS INACCESSIBLE DUE TO CAVED GROUND. THE UPPER SHAFT S ARE REPORTED TO BE 50-60 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ADITS, SHAFTS, TRENCHES; PRODUCTION IN 1918; DRILLH OLES, 1961.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 378 P.270

  • Deposit

    WASH. DGER BULL 73, P. 54-57, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG RI 18, P. 34-44

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN FRACTURES & FAULTS; OXIDIZED COPPER MINERALI ZATION IN AN OVAL FRACTURE ZONE.
Deposit IN 1961 6 DRILLHOLES (TOTALING 900 FT IN LENGTH) WE RE DRILLED IN AN EFFORT TO DETERMINE URANIUM CONTENT; NONE WA S FOUND. 4 PATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

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

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