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Crystal Butte

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055982
MRDS ID SP00212
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Butte
Alternate or previous names Crystal Butte Camp, Mother Lode;

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.00587, 48.92067 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 030E 35 W2 Washington

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.00587, 48.92067
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Late Paleozoic Rocks Were Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Fissure Veins Are In Limestone, Argillite, And Quartzite And In Quartz- And Plagioclase-Bearing Porphyritic Rocks. The N15-80e-Striking Vein Dips 10-35nw And Is 8-12 Inches Wide. Gouge Zones Are Present Along The Hanging And Foot Walls Of The Vein; Normal Faults Perpendicular To The Vein Have Resulted In Minor Offsets. Sulfide Minerals Are Sparsely Disseminated In The Vein Or Are Present As Thin, Discontinuous Bands That Roughly Parallel The Walls Of The Vein (Moen, 1980, P. 45).

Comments on the geologic information

  • METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE PERMIAN SPECTACLE FORMATION WERE INTRUDED BY QUARTZ-PLAGIOCLASE PORPHYRITIC INTRUSIVE ROCK OF MESOZOIC AGE (MOEN, 1980, P. 45).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Myers Creek, Buckhorn Mtn Area

Comments on the production information

  • A MILL WAS BUILT IN 1908, BUT THERE IS NO RECORD THAT THE MILL PRODUCED CONCENTRATE. A SMALL-SCALE MINING OPERATION WAS CARRIED OUT FROM 1937-1941; THIS RESULTED IN SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE BEING SHIPPED TO THE SMELTER IN TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND TO THE BUNKER HILL SMELTER IN IDAHO. A FEW SHIPMENTS RAN AS HIGH AS 1 OZ/TON AU, 33 OZ/TON AG, AND 28% PB. THE MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 1941 (MOEN, 1980, P. 44-45).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1980, MYERS CREEK AND WAUCONDA MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHEASTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 73, 96 P., 6 PL.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J.B., 1911, PART I.-- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT; PART II. -- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OROVILLE-NIGHTHAWK MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, 111 P.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL ADITS WERE DRIVEN INTO THE SOUTH-FACING HILLSIDE AT THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY IS ON PATENTED MINING CLAIMS (MOEN, 1980, P. 44). ; 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-AUG-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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