| Deposit ID | 10042372 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060133 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bales Mine |
| Related records | 10055969, 10228610 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.10839, 48.27789 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 945 |
| Relative position | 2 MI NORTH OF CARLTON IN METHOW VALLEY. ABOUT 6.5 MI SOUTH OF TWISP |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Okanogan(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Twisp East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Methow(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Okanogan |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 032N | 022E | 18,17 | SW4 OF NE4 (17) | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Antimony Critical | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Stibiconite | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 37.82 TONS OF SORTED MATERIAL ASSAYED 14.4% SB. ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.07% SB AND 0.19% NI. AN ASSAY AT DISCOVERY POST YIELDED 10.9% SB. AS AVERAGES ABOUT 0.2%. |
|---|
| Model code | 180 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27d |
| Deposit model name | Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc) |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Twisp Valley Schist | ||||
| Rock description | Twisp Valley Schist | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -120.10839, 48.27789 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | North-Trending Major Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Northeast-Trending Shear Zones |
| General form | PODS, LENSES, AND IRREGULAR DISTRIBUTION IN VEIN |
|---|---|
| Strike | N47E |
| Dip | 80SE |
| Thickness | 2.13M |
| Length | 182.88M |
| Width | 167.64M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1947 |
| Discoverer | Theodore Smith And Ollie Scott |
| Year of first production | 1951 |
| District name | Carlton-Gold Creek Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Robert And Wade Smith |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Clyde Scott, Letha Scott, And Theodore Smith |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.116HA |
| Length | 33.53M |
| Overall length | 33.53M |
| Overall width | 36.58M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060133 |
PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTOIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 104-123.
BARKSDALE, J.D., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE METHOW VALLEY, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 68, PL. 1.
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 18.
DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 172.
MACLAREN (1966)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ALTERED AND SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONES CONTAINING DISSEMINATED AND MASSIVE STIBNITE. |
| Deposit | MRDS RECORD D001661 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1973 | Puffett, Willard P. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1991 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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