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Black Bear Mine

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041622
MRDS ID M056753
Record type Site
Current site name Black Bear Mine
Related records 10180499

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.632, 48.83845 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE NNE OF LOOMIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Loomis(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N;039N 025E;026E 36;31 SE OF NE (36); SW OF SW OF NW (31) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON PALMER MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • $150,000 PRE-1902, 77 TON IN 1947

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $18 AU, AG, CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Palmer Mtn Greenstone
    Rock description Palmer Mtn Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.632, 48.83845
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 3 Ft Paystreak In Vein

Ore body information

  • General form 2 VEINS
    Strike N 65 W
    Dip 75 N
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Chlorite Schist/Serp. Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ALSO ALICE, SUMMIT & WAREAGLE MINES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmer Mtn District; Alice Property Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Heffernan, R.D.
    Home office Tonasket, Wa.
    First year 1949

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 16.188HA
    Length 762M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2500 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS; SHAFTS AND STOPES.

Comments on development

  • SHAFTS AND STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 136

  • Production

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 136; WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 80

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ALONG SCHIST-SERPENTINE CONTACT.
Deposit CLAIM SIZE ABOUT 40 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1987 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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