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Arlington

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104272
MRDS ID SP00193
Record type Site
Current site name Arlington

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.73645, 48.47205 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruby Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034N 025E 6 NE4 OF SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION 4080 FEET.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.73645, 48.47205
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Arlington Vein Is 1-6 Feet Thick, Strikes North And Dips 70w. The Vein For The Most Part Occurs Along The Contact Between The Conconully Pluton And Gneiss. Transverse Faults Offset The Vein As Much As 10 Feet, Whereas Faults That Parallel The Vein Have Drawn The Ore Minerals Out Into Thin Dark-Gray Bands (Moen, 1973, P. 12).

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ARLINGTON VEIN OCCURS IN THE CONCONULLY PLUTON OF CRETACEOUS AGE NEAR THE CONTACT WITH GNEISS OF THE METAMORPHIC COMPLEX OF CONCONULLY (MOEN, 1973; RINEHART, 1981; STOFFEL, 1990).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconully, Ruby Hill Area

Comments on the production information

  • THE ARLINGTON VEIN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DEPOSITS TO BE DISCOVERED ON RUBY HILL. ONE THOUSAND TONS OF SILVER ORE, WHICH HAD A NET VALUE OF $25,000, WERE MINED BY THE SUMMER OF 1893 AND CONCENTRATED AT A MILL IN RUBY CITY. BETWEEN 1914 AND 1921, SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ORE WHICH CONTAINED 66.6 OZ/TON AG WERE MINED AT A NET PROFIT OF $31,000. A 50-TON/DAY FLOTATION MILL WAS ERECTED IN 1937. BETWEEN 1938 AND 1939, 5700 TONS OF ORE THAT HAD A NET VALUE OF $71,683 WERE CONCENTRATED IN THE MILL. MINING AND MILLING OPERATIONS CEASED EARLY IN 1940 (MOEN, 1973, P. 12).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHAFTS, DRIFTS, AND CROSSCUTS THAT HAVE A TOTAL LENGTH OF 4500 FEET. THE WORKINGS EXPOSED THE VEIN ON FOUR LEVELS FOR A TOTAL VERTICAL DISTANCE OF 540 FEET (MOEN, 1973, P. 12). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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