Togo Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042377
MRDS ID M060141
Record type Site
Current site name Togo Mine
Related records 10302042

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.07249, 48.04763 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 6 MILES ESE FROM FRUITLAND, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adams Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(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 29N;30N 038E;038E 06;31 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SEVERAL SAMPLES INDICATE 5% CU, 0.005 OZ/TON AU, AND 0.70 OZ/TON AG ACROSS 2.5 FT. WIDTH.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Togo Formation-Calcareous Argillite And Argillaceous Limestone
    Rock description Togo Formation-Calcareous Argillite And Argillaceous Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.07249, 48.04763

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending, Steeply Dipping Strata
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nnw-Fracture Zone Contains Some Ore

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 30 DEG. W.
    Dip 40 NE.
    Length 24.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone Subparallel To Bedding And In Faults Crossing Beds.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1894
Year of first production 1913

Mining district

District name Deer Trail District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 548.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY SHAFT AND TWO ADITS 120 FT. APART ALONG THE DIP OF THE VEIN . ORE ZONE AVERAGES 2.5 FT THICK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, A. B. AND RAUP, O. B., 1964, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUNTERS QUADRANGLE, STEVENS AND FERRY COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INV. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-276

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, V. 1, P 104-105

  • Deposit

    WEAVER, C. E., 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 201-203.

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7872.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANDESITE PORPHYRY DIKES AND GRANODIORITE CROP OUT SOUTH AND WEST OF MINE-PERHAPS GRANODIORITE (CRETACEOUS ?) WAS SOURCE OF ORE MINERALS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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External references