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Young America Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Antimony, Gold, Copper, Tin
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  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 10042368
MRDS ID M060128
Record type Site
Current site name Young America Mine
Alternate or previous names Robena
Related records 10204609

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.03445, 48.75846 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position 1/4 MILE NE OF BOSSBURG, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bossburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 38N 38E 33 Washington

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE SHOOTS CONSIST OF REPLACEMENT STRINGERS, VEINS, AND LENSES ALONG AN IRREGULAR, GENTLY DIPPING ZONE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Geocronite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomite Silicified

Analytical data

Result SHIPPING ORE AVERAGED 7% PB, 7.7% ZN, AND 16.1 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Rock unit name Lamprophyre Dikes
    Rock description Lamprophyre Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Northport Limestone-Dolomite
    Rock description Northport Limestone-Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.03445, 48.75846
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tight Folds Trend Ne Have Been Broken By Ne - Trending Faults Dipping Se

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Plunge direction NE
    Length 274.32M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1891

Mining district

District name Bossburg District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bonanza Lead
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. B. Gibbs And I. M. Hunley

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Period 1905 - 1953
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7 % Pb, 7.7 % Zn, 16.1 Oz Ag/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 455g/mt
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 8wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 7wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW CARLOADS ORE PRODUCED BEFORE 1890

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 91.44M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: A 30-TON FLOTATION MILL CONCENTRATED THE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C.P. JR. 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 39, P. 148-153

  • Deposit

    HUNDHAUSEN, R.J. 1949, INVESTIGATION OF THE YOUNG AMERICA LEAD-ZINC DEPOSIT, STEVENS COUNTY, WASH.: U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 4556, P.13

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 381-382

  • Deposit

    1897 DIREXPL YOUNG AMERICA CLIFF CONS. MIN. CO.

  • Deposit

    1946 DIREXPL U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 4556

  • Deposit

    1951 DIREXPL YOUNG AMERICAN MINES, INC.

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE PINCHES WHERE VEIN STEEP; GENERALLY THICKED WHERE VEIN DIPS GENTLY. BOUNDARIES OF ORE GRADATIONAL. DIAMOND DRILLING HAS TRACED DISSEMINATED ORE FOR 900 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey

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