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Caribou Mine

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098472
MRDS ID M056782
Record type Site
Current site name Caribou Mine
Related records 10301490

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.99171, 48.96262 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Mountain(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

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
040N 030E 13 NE OF NW OF SW OF SW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 8 CARLOADS ORE PRODUCED 1916

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Reddish-Brown Fe Oxide Staining And Green Malachite Coatings On Fracture Surfaces.

Analytical data

Result CORE HOLE ASSAY: SURFACE TO 100 FT SHOWED 0.2-4.3 % CU, WITH 4.3 % CU AT 40-60 FT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.99171, 48.96262
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY METAMORPHOSED (CONTACT) PALEOZOIC ROCKS. WITHIN THESE ROCKS OCCUR SKARN AND TACTITE BODIES WHICH CONTAIN THE ORE MINERALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Myers Creek District; Buckhorn Mtn Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bumgardner Mining And Investment Co.
    Home office Mason, Wa.
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS, TRENCHES, SHAFTS, AND ADITS: ONE SHAFT IS REPORTED TO BE AT LEAST 100 FT DEEP, AND 2 SOUTHERLY TRENDING ADITSARE 80 AND 90 FT LONG.

Comments on development

  • SHAFTS, ADITS, PITS, TRENCHES, AND CORE DRILLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    WASH. DGER BULL 73, P. 42-44

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SKARN AND TACTITE ZONES CONTAINING ORE MINERALS.
Deposit BECAUSE THE MINERALIZATION APPEARS TO BE AN EXTENSION OF ORE BODIES OF THE MAGNETIC MINE, THE MINERALIZED AREAS WERE CORE DRILLED IN 1911 (EARLIEST DRILLING) BY GRANBY. THE HOLE WAS 250 FT DEEP AND VERTICAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

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