The Number Nine Claims is a iron and copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Number Nine Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Number Nine Claims
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Myers Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Magnetic Mining Co.
Home Office: Colville, Wa.
Years: 1949 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Tremolite
Comments
Comment (Location): RECORD ORIGINALLY PLACED CADASTRAL COORDINATES NEAR MAZAMA AND ALT/LONG SOMEWHERE IN NORTHERN MONTANA. LOCATION IS ACTUALLY IN MYERS CREEK DISTRICT SOMEWHERE NEAR BUCKHORN. EXACT LOCATION WAS NOT DETERMINED DURING UPDATE.
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS IN CONTACT METAMORPHIC ZONE NEAR SYENITE
Comment (Deposit): PART OF MAGNETIC PROPERTY
References
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. 69
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