Minnie Mine

Plant in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204605
MRDS ID SP00254
MAS/MILS ID 0530470025
Record type Site
Current site name Minnie Mine
Alternate or previous names Minnie
Related records 10056011

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.05307, 48.26483 (WGS84)
Elevation 660
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twisp East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Methow(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032 N 022 E 23 NWNW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.05307, 48.26483

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Year of first production 1941
Plant type Leach

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Cordilleran Dev. Inc.
    Year 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH.BULL.37-2,P.63;NEAR S.BASE OFLITTLE CHOPAKA MTN.;6-12 Q

  • Deposit

    IN GRANITE; CHALCO.,BORNITE,SPHAL.ETC. OCCUR IN LINEAR PATCH

  • Deposit

    SEE WASH.BULL.64,P.80; MAY BE SAMEAS EAGLE CLAIM;

  • Deposit

    BRADBURY, J. ENGINEERING REPORT, HEAP LEACH - MINNIE MINE,

  • Deposit

    OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON. CONSULTING MINER. LAB., 1984,

  • Deposit

    50 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL HEAP LEACH IN 1980-1981. SOURCE OF MATERIAL AND RESULTS NOT REPORTED. PROPOSAL TO MAKE LARGER HEAP LEACH MADE IN 1984?.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-AUG-94 Iverson, Stephen R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references