Antimony Bell

Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodity Antimony
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009030
MRDS ID D001656
Record type Site
Current site name Antimony Bell
Alternate or previous names Antimony Belle
Related records 10093023

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.14673, 48.15566 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI NORTH OF HUNGRY MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hungry Mountain(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 031N 021E 25 NE4 OF SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON HILL SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH FORK GOLD CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibiconite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Antigorite Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Newby Group
    Rock description Newby Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.14673, 48.15566

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Strike N66W
    Dip NEARLY VERTICAL BUT VARIABLE
    Thickness 0.25M
    Length 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carlton-Gold Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Okanogan National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Williams
    Home office Carlton, Wa.
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • 32 FT SHAFT AND SEVERAL ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C. P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 107-109.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 168.

  • Production

    DERKEY AND OTHERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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