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Apex Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097243
MRDS ID M056551
Record type Site
Current site name Apex Mine
Alternate or previous names Ben Harrison
Related records 10204598

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.07477, 48.95928 (WGS84)
Relative position .5 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 17 Washington

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result HAND SORTED ORE 2 OZ. AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.07477, 48.95928
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oroville-Nighthawk District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Apex Gold Mining Co.
    First year 1911
    Last year 1926

Comments on the workings information

  • 286 FT INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL SMALL SURFACE OPENIN GS; SHORT DRIFTS AND A CROSSCUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • SHAFT, SMALL SURFACE OPENINGS, SHORT DRIFTS, AND A CROSSCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN ENCLOSED IN SCHIST AND QUARTZITE. THE O RE OCCURS IN JOINTS AND CREVICES IN THE QTZ.

Reporter information

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

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

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