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Central Mine

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041521
MRDS ID M056595
Record type Site
Current site name Central Mine
Alternate or previous names Trinidad
Related records 10228786

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.56645, 48.63623 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 8.5 MILES SW OF TONASKET.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aeneas Lake(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036N 026E 09 NE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • BY SOUTH SHORE OF TURTLE LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION 30 TONS IN 1918, OWE $12/TON AG, AU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillite Is Silicified

Analytical data

Result 6 TO 8 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Loup Loup
    Rock description Loup Loup
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.56645, 48.63623
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Width 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Within Aplite Porphyrydike

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS IN AN APLITE PORPHYRY DIKE THAT INTRUDED ARGILLITE AND HORNBLENDE PORPHYRY; ARGILLITE IS BRECCIATED. ; GEOL.DESC: ARGILLITE BRECCIATED, SILICIFIED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1918

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Trinidad Mining And Smelting Co.
    First year 1915
    Last year 1926

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT HAS BEEN SUNK 50 FT ON THE DIKE, AND AT 32 AND 50 FT BELOW THE SHAFT COLLAR SHORT DRIFTS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN; ALSO, SHORT ADITS AND SHAFTS OCCUR ELSEWHERE ON THE PROPERTY.

Comments on development

  • ADITS, SHAFTS, AND DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 301.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG IC 49, P. 37-38

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR MINERALIZED ZONE IN DIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

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