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Leuena Mine

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041531
MRDS ID M056609
Record type Site
Current site name Leuena Mine
Alternate or previous names Laeuna, Launa
Related records 10131742

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.79645, 48.57094 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conconully West(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 036N 024E 35 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CREST OF SOUTH SPUR OF MINERAL HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1890

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result IN HIGH GRADE ORE 200 TO 860 OZ AG, 1.13 TO 2.12% CU, TR AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Mineral Hill
    Rock description Mineral Hill
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.79645, 48.57094
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 E
    Dip 90
    Width 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconcully District; Mineral Hill Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas L. Nixon And Chester F. Griesemer
    Home office Tacoma, Wa.
    First year 1892

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL CARLOADS PRIOR TO 1890.

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 AND 75 FT SHAFTS, 60 FT ADIT, AND 70 FT CROSSCUT.

Comments on development

  • SHAFTS, ADIT, AND CROSSCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 305.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 39, P. 164

  • Production

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 305

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Mccoy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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