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Apache Mine

Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Production statistics
  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 10041552
MRDS ID M056638
Record type Site
Current site name Apache Mine
Related records 10180524

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.01864, 48.15678 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5 MILES SW OF NEWPELEM BY DIRT ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Armstrong Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chief Joseph(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 030E 27 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CREST OF SE SPUR OF MINERAL HILL.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION 1911-12, 1916-17, 1919-22, 1925-26, 1937-40; EST. TOTAL $250,000 AG, $20,000 AU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization Of Granite

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE ORE: 300 OZ AG, 3/4 OZ AU, 1 1/2% CU MILL RUN ORE $12/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Colville Batholith
    Rock description Colville Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.01864, 48.15678
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Major Shear Zone Is Displaced A Foot Or More In Several Places By Cross-Fractures Which Lead Out Erradically Into The Granite.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N50E
    Dip 50NE
    Thickness 45.72M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABOUT 60 FT BELOW THE SURFACE A FLATLY-DIPPING FAULT TRUNCATES THE VEIN AND DISPLACES THE LOWER SEGMENT TO THE NORTH. THIS FAULT IS CLEARLY MARKED BY A FOUR-INCH STREAK OF SOFT GOUGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1911

Production statistics

  • Year 1912
    Period 1911 To 1912
    Material ORE AG
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg 1449.4 Oz Ag/Ton And 2.2 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Gold Gold 62g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 40920g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 5.415HA
    Length 308.76M
    Overall depth 87.17M
    Overall length 470.92M
    Overall width 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PROPERTY IS OPENED BY AN ADIT TUNNEL DRIVEN 400 FT N55W. FROM THIS LEVEL SEVERAL SMALL STOPES ARE OPENED, ONE OF WHICH EXTENDS 100 FT THROUGH TO THE SURFACE. 270 FT FROM THE ADIT PORTAL AN INCLINE WINZE HAS BEEN SUNK ON THE LEAD TO A DEPTH OF 146 FT. THE SECOND LEVEL HAS BEEN STRUCK 96 FT ELOW THE WINZE COLLAR AS A 217 FT DRIFT TO THE NW AND A 138 FT DRIFT TO THE SE. THE THIRD LEVEL IS 50 FT BELOW NO 2 AND HAS 2 DRIFTS; ONE IS 118 FT AND TRENDS SE; THE OTHER TRENDS W AND IS 40 FT LONG. THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE GROUND SE OF T HE WINZE, BETWEEN THE THIRD LEVEL AND THE MAIN ADIT HAS BEEN STOPED OUT. IN THIS SAME ORE SHOOT A 40 FT PROSPECT WINZE WAS SUNK FROM THE 3RD LEVEL. THERE IS ANOTHER STOPE BETWEEN THE 2ND LEVEL AND THE ADIT LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • ADITS, STOP S, WINZES, THREE LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 300.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 677, P. 72-74

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TABULAR LENSES AND VEINLETS OF ORE ALONG AN 8-10 FT FRACTURE ZONE IN GRANITE.

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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