The Montana Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 4,521 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: 4,521 Feet (1,378 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 48.61667, -120.35000
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Montana Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Montana Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Mazama 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 Okanogan National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Henry And Homer Peters
Home Office: Winthrop, Wa.
Years: 1944 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: R
Description: Goat Peak Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Actinolite Zone
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS IN ACTINOLITE ALTERATION ZONE OF MAZAMA PORPHYRY MOLYBDENUM SYSTEM
References
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. 237.
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. 68.
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