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Fourth of July

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, 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 10055984
MRDS ID SP00215
Record type Site
Current site name Fourth of July

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.72867, 48.47677 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruby Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(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
Willamette 034N 025E 5 SE4 OF NW4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.72867, 48.47677
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Salmon Creek Schist And Gneiss Is Laterally Equivalent To The Metamorphic Complex Of Conconully (Gulick And Korosec, 1990), Which Is Thought By Rinehart And Fox (1976) To Grade Into And Include Late Triassic Rocks. Late Triassic Sedimentary Rocks Were Deposited In An Active Continental Margin Setting Associated With An Island Arc.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Vein, Which Averages 6 Feet In Thickness, Strikes N10w And Dips 70-80e. The Vein Is In Biotite Gneiss And Is Parallel To The Contact With A Granodiorite Gneiss That Is Several Hundred Feet To The West. The Ore Minerals Seem To Be In A 2-Ft-Thick Band That Parallels The Hanging Wall. Parts Of The Vein Are Sheared; Shears Parallel The Vein (Moen, 1973, P. 13-14).

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN IS IN BIOTITE GNEISS OF THE PRE-JURASSIC SALMON CREEK SCHIST AND GNEISS PARALLEL TO AND WEST OF THE CONTACT WITH GRANODIORITE GNEISS (MOEN, 1973).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconully, Ruby Hill Area

Comments on the production information

  • THE VEIN WAS DISCOVERED IN 1887. IN 1889 A SHIPMENT OF HIGH-GRADE SILVER ORE WAS SENT TO THE SMELTER IN HELENA, MONTANA. A 200-FT SHAFT WAS SUNK ON THE VEIN, AND AN AVERAGE OF 10 TONS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE PER MONTH WAS SHIPPED TO SMELTERS. SILVER ORE WAS SHIPPED TO A CONCENTRATING MILL IN RUBY CITY UNTIL MID-1893 WHEN THE MINE WAS FORCED TO SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF THE SILVER PANIC. TOTAL PRODUCTION TO THIS TIME AMOUNTED TO $36,000. FROM 1958 TO 1964 HAND-SORTED SHIPMENT WERE SENT TO THE SMELTER IN TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA. EXCEPT FOR A SMALL SHIPMENT IN 1967, THOSE WERE THE LAST SHIPMENTS FROM THE MINE (MOEN, 1973).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GULICK, C.W.; KOROSEC, M.A., COMPILERS, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OMAK 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-12, 52 P., 1 PL.

  • 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

    JONES, E.L., JR., 1917, RECONAISSANCE OF THE CONCONULLY AND RUBY MINING DISTRICTS, WASHINGTIN. IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (SHORT PAPERS AND PRELIMINARY REPORTS), 1916-PART I, METALS AND NONMETALS EXCEPT FUELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 640, P. 11-36.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1973, CONCONULLY MINING DISTRICT OF OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 49, 42 P.

  • Deposit

    RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1976, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE CONCONULLY QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1402, 58 P., 1 PL.

  • Deposit

    SCHUSTER, J.E., 1973, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1971-72: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 48, 97 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 THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AT THE MINE CONSIST OF A DOUBLE-COMPARTMENT 500-FT SHAFT AND A SINGLE-COMPARTMENT 200-FT SHAFT. SEVERAL LEVELS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN AND MINED (MOEAN, 1973). ; 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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