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Silver Peak Mine

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042390
MRDS ID M060159
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Peak Mine
Alternate or previous names Mohawk, Sunny Peak

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.77589, 48.57927 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 1 MILE NW. OF CONCONULLY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conconully West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Okanogan(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 36N 24E 35 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3% PB, 2% ZN, 1% CU, 10 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.77589, 48.57927
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N. 30 DEG. W.
    Dip 35 DEG. SW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 121.92M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw-Trending Quartz Vein Adjacent To Lamprophyre Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Discoverer Henry Lawrence
Year of first production 1891

Mining district

District name Salmon River Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mohawk Lease
  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Peak Mines

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 134.11M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY 2 ADITS, 214 FT. APART VERTICALLY, 70 FT. HIGH RAISE IN LOWER ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W. S., 1973, CONCONULLY MINING DISTRICT OF OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. INF. CIRC. 49, P. 24

  • Deposit

    JONES, E. L. JR., 1916, RECONNAISANCE OF THE CONCONULLY AND RUBY MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 640B, P. 11-36

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1973 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

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