The Buckeye Claim is a copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 2,241 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: 2,241 Feet (683 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 48.84889, -119.52167
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Buckeye Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckeye Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Wehe, A. M.
Home Office: Wehesville, Wa.
Years: 1911 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: ANASTOMESING POOLS, VEINS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Possible Down Movement On W
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Side Of Faults
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN ENCLOSED IN QUARTZITE AND SILICEOUS SCHIST.
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 63.
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 80-81, PLATES 1-2
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