The Humbug is a copper, gold, lead, and silver mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.51306, -120.98194
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Humbug MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Humbug
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Leavenworth District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: In Alpine Lakes Wilderness In Wenatchee National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: James Grieve, K.W. Dunlap, August Sassy
Years: 1897 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN
Comment (Geology): INGALLS COMPLEX IS AN ACCRETED OPHIOLITE TERRANE
Comment (Deposit): NOW PART OF SNOOK AND ELLEN GROUP. SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD D001621
Comment (Location): GROUP IS LOCATED AT HEAD OF SOLOMON CREEK. LOCATIONS OF PROSPECTS WITHIN THE GROUP IS NOT KNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., BOOTH, D.B., HETHERINGTON, M.J., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CHELAN 30-MINUTE BY 60-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1661, SCALE 1:100,000.
Reference (Deposit): GUALTIERI, J.L., SIMMONS, G.C., THURBER, H.K., AND MILLER, M.S., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 1918, P. 96-98.
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 156.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 207.
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