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Kaaba Claims

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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. Ownership information
  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 10041580
MRDS ID M056678
Record type Site
Current site name Kaaba Claims
Alternate or previous names Caaba, Kaaba-Texas
Related records 10301344

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.65062, 48.95512 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF LOOMIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nighthawk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(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 040N 025E 14,23 SW OF SE OF SE OF SE OF SW OF SE (14); W2 OF SE OF NE OF NE OF E2 OF SW OF NW OF NE (23) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR BASE OF SW SLOPE OF LITTLE CHOPAKA MTN.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION IN: 1915, 1918, 1920, 1929, 1943-1949, AND 1950.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rock Hydrothermally Altered

Analytical data

Result 1943-46 AVG. $4.03/TON
Result 1.2% PB, .5% ZN, .1% CU, 2.25 OZ AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Similkameen Batholith
    Rock description Similkameen Batholith
    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) -119.65062, 48.95512
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BANDED QUARTZ VEIN 6-12' WIDE
    Strike N 3 W
    Dip 43-55W
    Length 182.88M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 73.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GRANITOID WALL ROCKS IN THE VICINITY OF THE VEIN HAVE UNDERGONE HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION, THE BASIC MINERALS BEING PARTLY CONVERTED INTO CHORITE AND IN PLACES SLIGHTLY SERPENTINIZED WHILE THE FELDSPARS ARE ALTERED TO KAOLIN. THE QTZ VEIN FILLING HAS BEEN SHATTERED PARALLEL TO THE WALLS BY MOVEMENTS ALONG THE PLANE OF THE VEIN. THE VEIN IS INTRUDED BY TWO VERY FINE-GRAINED DIABASE DIKES. IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT THESE DIKES FORM RESPECTIVELY A FALSE FOOT-WALL AND HANGING WALL. NEAR THE 200 FT LEVEL THE LARGE DIKE LEAVES THE FOOT-WALL AND BREAKS UP THROUGH THE VEIN TO CONTINUE NEAR THE HANGING WALL. 50 FEET BELOW THE COLLAR OF THE SHAFT IT LEAVES THE VEIN, BREAKS NEARLY VERTICALLY UP THROUGH THE GRANODIORITE AND OUTCROPS ON THE HILLSIDE ABOVE THE SHAFT. THE LARGE DIKE IS 3 FT THICK AT THE 200 FT LEVEL AND NARROWS DOWN TO ONE FT AT THE 50 FT LF THE DIKEINTRUSION HAS CAUSED SOME OF THE SULFIDES TO DEVELOP FLOW STRUCTURE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Nighthawk District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kaaba Silver-Lead Mines Inc.
    First year 1948
    Last year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 106.68M
    Overall width 149352M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE VEIN IS OPENED BY A TWO-COMPARTMENT INCLINED SHAFT SUNK TO A DEPTH OF 300 FT ON THE VEIN. FROM THE SHAFT THERE EXISTS 1100 FT OF DRIFTS ON 4 LEVELS, OVER HALF IS ON THE 3RD LEVEL. THE FIRST 3 LEVELS ARE AT 50 FT, 100 FT, AND 200 FT FROM THE COLLAR. ON THE SURFACE SOUTH OF THE WORKING SHAFT THERE ARE 6 SHALLOW EXPLORATORY PITS SUNK AT INTERVALS ALONG THE OUTCROP OVER A LENGTH OF 350 FT. IN 1921 THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL EXTENT OF THE VEIN HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED.

Comments on development

  • SHAFT AND DRIFTS; 1921: TWO-DRILL AIR COMPRESSOR OPERATED BY A 30-HP MOTOR, AND A 20-HP MOTOR FURNISHING POWER TO A SMALL HOIST PLUS CUSTOMARY MINE BLDGS AND AUXILLARY MINING EQUIPMENT; 1952: A 150 TON FLOTATION MILL WAS BUILT. ; ECON.COM: MINE MAPS AT WASH DM&E, OLYMPIA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 220

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 92-93, PLATES 1-2

  • Deposit

    WASH. GEOL. SUR. BULL 23, 9. 228-231

  • Production

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 220; WASH. GS. BULL 23, P. 228

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 27 CLAIMS; 7 PATENTED CLAIMS AND 3 PATENTED LOTS.
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN WITH IRREGULAR BANDS OF ORE MINERALS PARALLEL TO THE WALLS; SMALLER BUNCHES AND SPECKS OF ORE ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE QUARTZ, ALSO.

Reporter information

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

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