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Summit Mine

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10041621
MRDS ID M056752
Record type Site
Current site name Summit Mine
Alternate or previous names Alice Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.61256, 48.84428 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2.2 MILES NE OF LOOMIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(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)

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 Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N 026E 30 SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON SUMMIT OF PALMER MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALSO BLACKBEAR, SUMMIT, WAREAGLE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite Alteration Near Vein.

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS AVG ABOUT $20 PER TON AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Palmer Mtn Greenstone
    Rock description Palmer Mtn Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.61256, 48.84428
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form 2 VEINS
    Strike N 55 W
    Dip 90 E
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CHLORITE ALTERATION NEAR VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmer Mtn.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Heffernan, R.D.
    Home office Tonasket, Wa.
    First year 1949

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN PRODUCTION IN 1938 AND 1939.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 8.094HA
    Length 493.78M
    Overall length 493.78M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHAFTS (TOTAL 420 FT); 5 ADITS (TOTAL 1200 FT ); DEVELOPED ON 3 LEVELS; STOPED TO SURFACE.

Comments on development

  • SHAFTS, ADITS, AND STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 149

  • Production

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 149; WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 79

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIM SIZE ABOUT 20 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

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