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Bodie Gold Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041643
MRDS ID M056791
Record type Site
Current site name Bodie Gold Mine
Alternate or previous names Northern Gold
Related records 10229141

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.90476, 48.81567 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF BODIE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bodie(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 038N;039N 031E;031E 03;34 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON UPPER TORADA CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1906-1944; 66,032 TONS 1935-44 SPORADIC

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1897 ASSAYS: TO 20 OZ AU/TON
Result 1930: 0.65 OZ AU/TON, 0.60 OZ AG/TON
Result 1940-1944: AUG 0.924 OZ AU/TON, 1.48 OZ AG ( TOTAL), AU/AG RATIO1:0.73, FINESS OF AU WAS 631. THE TENOR OF THE ORE VARIED WIDELY: ORE FROM 100 FT LEVEL TO SURFACE AVG 1 OZ AU/TON
Result ORE FROM 100 FT-200 FT LEVELS AVG 0.75 OZ AU/TON
Result ORE FROM 200 FT-250 FT LEVELS AVG 0.4 OZ AU/TON
Result ORE FROM 2 50 FT - 350 FT LEVELS AVG 0.125 OZ AU/TON. BRECCIA ASSAYS: 19 28, OVER A 200 FT SECTION AVG 0.002 OZ AU/TON AND 0.045 OZ AG /TON.(AT 400 FT LEVEL): 1970, 200 FT SECTION AT 400 FT LEVEL SHOWED 0.15 OZ AU/TON AND 0.23 OZ AG/TON. 1975 SAMPLING OF TA ILINGS SHOWED 0.031 OZ AU/TON AND 0.1575 OZ AG/TON. CYANIDATI ON TESTS SHOW THAT 90.1% OF THE AU & 66.8% OF THE AG CAN BE A STRACTED BY LEACHING THE TAILINGS FOR 48 HRS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.90476, 48.81567
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N-N16E
    Dip 60-80W
    Thickness 152.4M
    Length 1828.8M
    Width 6.71M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins And Brecciated Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILICIFIED, PROPYCITIZED, AND PYRITIZED ANDESITE AN D DACITE, AS WELL AS SOME GOUGE, OCCUR BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL VEI NS AND WALL ROCK. THE VEIN QTZ IS WHITE TO LIGHT GRAY, FINE-G RAINED, AND OFTEN CHALCEDONIC; COLLOFORM VEIN STRUCTURE IS OF TEN PRESENT AS IS BANDING THAT PARALLELS THE WALLS OF THE VEI NS. SULFIDES AND MAGNETITE ARE FINE-GRAINED AND DISSEMINATED IN THE QTZ. ALMOST ALL WALL ROCK ADJACENT TO THE VEIN CONTAIN S MINOR DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE AND IS HYDROTHERMA LLY ACTERED. THE BRECCIA IS IN VOLCANIC ROCKS THAT ADJOIN THE BODIE VEIN ON THE WEST. THE BRECCIA STRIKES NORTH AND DIPS 35 -45W. IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE MINE THE BRECCIA FORMS THE H ANGING WALL OF THE BODIE VEIN. THE CLASTS OF THE BRECCIA CONS SIST OF HIGHLY TO MODERATELY ALTERED VOLCANIC ROCKS OF MIXED LITHOLOGY AND MINOR QTZ; THE CLASTS ARE LESS THAN AN INCH TO AS MUCH AS 1 FT ALROSS. ; GEOL.DESC: MUCH ALTERATION NEAR SURFACE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1944

Mining district

District name Wauconda District; Bodie Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Malabar Mines, Ltd.
    Home office 1326-510 W. Hastings St., Vancover, B.C. V6b 1l8
    First year 1979

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Period 1902 To 1916
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg 0.15 Oz Au/Ton And 0.11 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 4g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 3g/mt
  • Year 1944
    Period 1940 To 1944
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Select Mining Avg 0.89 Oz Au/Ton And 1.48 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 42g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 25g/mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • WASH. DGER BULL 73, P.74

Comments on development

  • ADITS, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS, AND TRENCHES. CONSTRUCTIO N: 1902, 10-STAMP AMALGAMATION-CYANIDE MILL; 1930, 70 TON MIL L WITH AMALGAMATION PLATES AND WILFLEY TABLES; 1938, MILL CAP ACITY INCREASED TO 125 TONS/DAY. MINING AND MILLING OPERATION S CARRIED OUT UNTIL 1944, USING UP TO 40 MINERS WORKING 3 SHI FTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WASH. DGER IC 69, P. 10

  • Deposit

    WASH. DGER BULL 73, P. 72-74

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PERSISTANT QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN; ORE SHOOTS TO 250 F T LONG; LARGE WELL-DEVELOPED VOLCANIC BRECCIA.
Deposit 5 PATENTED CLAIMS: BODIE, BODIE NO. 2, WEST CLIFF,C YRSTAL BUTTE, AND LITTLE GEORGE, ALL OF MINERAL SURVEY NO. 72 1. AT ONE TIME THERE WERE 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, ALSO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1996 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

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