Turk Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103872
MRDS ID M060140
Record type Site
Current site name Turk Mine
Alternate or previous names High Grade, Lucky Boy, Reardon Copper
Related records 10228923

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.08332, 48.04791 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 5 1/2 MILES ESE FROM FRUITLAND, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adams Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 29N;30N 38E;38E 06;31 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TYPICAL ASSAYS ARE 9% CU, 2 OZ/TON AG, 0.1 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Togo Formation-Quartzite, Siliceous Argillite, Limestone
    Rock description Togo Formation-Quartzite, Siliceous Argillite, Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.08332, 48.04791

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Steeply Dipping Ne-Trending Strata
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne And Nw-Trending Fault Zones

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike DUE N.
    Dip 35 DEG. E.
    Length 76.2M
    Width 3.66M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Main Ore Shoots Are At Intersections Between Ne And Nw Trending Fracture Zones.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Year of first production 1914

Mining district

District name Deer Trail District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alpine Uranium Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • MINE WELL DEVELOPED BY 1914 (WEAVER, C. E., 1920) SO UNDOUBTEDLY CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION RESULTED FOR WHICH THERE IS NO RECORD. PRODUCTION YEARS 1916 - 1919 , 1927 , 1929.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1219.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY 3 ADITS AND ALL HAVE BEEN CONNECTED BY STOPES ALONG THE VEIN. PRODUCTION FROM 2 LENTICULAR ORE BODIES WHICH ARE CONNECTED BY A NARROW RIBBON-LIKE NECK OF ORE. SEVERAL HUNDRED FT TO BOTTOM OF DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, A. B. AND RAUP, O. B., 1964, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUNTERS QUADRANGLE, STEVENS AND FERRY COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INV. FLD STUDIES MAP MF-276

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, V. 1, P 104

  • Deposit

    WEAVER, C. E., 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 203-204

  • Deposit

    PATTY, E. N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23, P. 146-149

  • Production

    USBM INFO. CIRC. 7872

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANODIORITE CROPS OUT ABOUT A MILE TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE WEST AND PROBABLY UNDERLIES MINE AT SHALLOW DEPTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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External references