Bales

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Antimony, Arsenic, Nickel
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055969
MRDS ID SP00194
Record type Site
Current site name Bales
Related records 10042372

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.10839, 48.27789 (WGS84)

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

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 032N 022E 17 W2 OF NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION 3000 FEET

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibiconite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Greenschist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.10839, 48.27789

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINERALIZED SYSTEM IS WITHIN HORNBLENDE-QUARTZ DIORITE OF THE TWISP VALLEY SCHIST (PURDY, 1951; BUNNING, 1990, GEOL. MAP).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carlton-Gold Creek Area

Comments on the production information

  • MINING IN 1951-1952 YIELDED AN ESTIMATED 100 TONS OF ORE (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 18).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARKSDALE, J.D., 1948, STRATIGRAPHY IN THE METHOW QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: NORHTWEST SCIENCE, V. 22, NO. 4, P. 164-176

  • Deposit

    BUNNING, B.B., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE TWISP 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-9, 51 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

    PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, 186 P.

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C.P., JR., 1952, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1952: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 20, 75 P.

  • Deposit

    WDGER OF 90-18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY SURFACE WORK HAS BEEN DONE AT THIS PROPERTY (PURDY, 1951). ; 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-JUN-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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