The Orphan Boy Prospect is a zinc and silver mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 1,161 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,161 Feet (354 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.19917, -120.54667
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Orphan Boy Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Orphan Boy Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Meadow Creek 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 Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness In Wenatchee National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: VEINLETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitized, Argillized, Silicified
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 8 IN. SAMPLE: 4.64 OZ/TON AG, 0.13% PB, 0.16% ZN. 6 FT SAMPLE: 28.64 OZ/TON AG, 0.02 OZ/TON AU, 0.11% ZN.
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): POSSIBLY STANNITE IS PRESENT, BUT IT WAS NOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. AT MOUTH OF CASCADE CREEK
Comment (Deposit): 7 FT ZONE OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION WITH BANDS OF MINERALIZED QUARTZ TO 3 IN. WIDE.
Comment (Workings): 50 FT ADIT, 10 FT INCLINED SHAFT, OPEN CUT
References
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 59-62.
Reference (Deposit): CATER, F.W., AND WRIGHT, T.L., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LUCERNE QUADRANGLE, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-647, SCALE 1:62,500.
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. 286.
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