The O and B Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Snohomish county, Washington at an elevation of 4,301 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 47.98056, -121.40139
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O and B Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: O and B Mine
Secondary: Oliver and Birney Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Washington
County: Snohomish
District: Monte Cristo District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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 Mount Baker National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Reiser, A. H.
Home Office: Seattle, Wa.
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $35/TON TOTAL ORE. ASSAYS OF 9 SAMPLES YIELDED MAXIMUMS OF 0.32 OZ/TON AU, 11.76 OZ/TON AG, 2.39% CU, 8.12% AS
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GOLD VALUES ARE SPOTTY
Comment (Location): UNUSRVEYED. LOCATION ALTERNATIVELY GIVEN BY HUNTTING AS NW/4 SEC. 28.
Comment (Deposit): UP TO 4 FT OF ORE IN 2-50 FT WIDE FRACTURE ZONE
Comment (Geology): REGION CONSISTS OF ACCRETED TERRANES WITH OVERPRINT OF CASCADES MAGAMTISM
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, RAISE, CROSSCUT
References
Reference (Production): HUNTTING
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, F.L., DENTON, D.K., IVERSON, S.R., MCCULLOCH, R.B., STEBBINS, S.A., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GLACEIR PEAK RARE II AREA (NO. L6031), SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 75-83, P. 32.
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 360.
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. 89.
Reference (Deposit): BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 6, P. 21.
Reference (Analytical Data): JOHNSON AND OTHERS
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