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Gold Axe Mine

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Iron
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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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041575
MRDS ID M056669
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Axe Mine
Related records 10180195

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.98032, 48.95067 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position ABOUT 500 FT EAST OF BUCKHORN MTN SUMMIT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Colville 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 040N 030E 24 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST SLOPE BUCKHORN MTN NEAR SUMMIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPORADIC PRODUCTION FROM 1910-1934.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge Is Bright Reddish-Yellow Due To Oxidation Of Fe Minerals.

Analytical data

Result $10-20 AU/TON (MINOR AG)
Result UNKNOWN CU VALUES.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Buckhorn
    Rock description Buckhorn
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kobau
    Rock description Kobau

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.98032, 48.95067
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N34W
    Dip 65SW-90
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • 100 FT EAST OF MAIN ADIT ARE OUTCROPS OF GRANODIORITE AND QUARTZ PORPHYRY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1934

Mining district

District name Myers Creek District; Buckhorn Mtn Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN ADIT TRENDS N34W FOR ABOUT 200 FT ALONG SHEAR ZONE; PROSPECT PITS ON BOTH SIDES OF ROAD BETWEEN MAIN ADIT AND GOLD AXE CAMP; AND SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 198.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DGER BULL 73, P. 47-48

  • Production

    MOEN, 1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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