Apache

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Zinc, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055968
MRDS ID SP00192
Record type Site
Current site name Apache

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.02114, 48.15762 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Armstrong Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chief Joseph(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 030E 27 CENTER OF E2 Washington

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.02114, 48.15762

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEINS ARE IN A SHEAR ZONE IN THE (PALEOCENE?)-EOCENE PORPHYRITIC GRANODIORITE OF MANILA CREEK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nespelem

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED PRODUCTION FROM 1911 TO 1940 WAS ABOUT $250,000 IN AG, AND $200,000 IN AU. SHIPMENTS TO THE TACOMA SMELTER IN 1911 CONTAINED ABOUT $350/TON AU AND AG. SMALL HAND-SORTED, HIGH-GRADE SHIPMENTS CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 2,444 OZ/TON AG. THE BULK OF THE ORE AVERAGED 10-20 OZ/TON AG AND WAS CONCENTRATED AT THE GREAT METALS MILL NEAR NESPELEM FALLS PRIOR TO SHIPMENT TO THE SMELTER (MOEN, 1976, P. 129).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN WAS ACCESSED BY SEVERAL ADITS (BROCH, 1979). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references