The Central Mine is a silver mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 2,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 48.63639, -119.56528
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Central Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Central Mine
Secondary: Trinidad
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Trinidad Mining And Smelting Co.
Years: 1915 - 1926
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Year Last Production: 1918
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillite Is Silicified
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 6 TO 8 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): BY SOUTH SHORE OF TURTLE LAKE.
Comment (Commodity): PRODUCTION 30 TONS IN 1918, OWE $12/TON AG, AU
Comment (Development): ADITS, SHAFTS, AND DRIFTS.
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR MINERALIZED ZONE IN DIKE.
Comment (Workings): A SHAFT HAS BEEN SUNK 50 FT ON THE DIKE, AND AT 32 AND 50 FT BELOW THE SHAFT COLLAR SHORT DRIFTS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN; ALSO, SHORT ADITS AND SHAFTS OCCUR ELSEWHERE ON THE PROPERTY.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS IN AN APLITE PORPHYRY DIKE THAT INTRUDED ARGILLITE AND HORNBLENDE PORPHYRY; ARGILLITE IS BRECCIATED. ; GEOL.DESC: ARGILLITE BRECCIATED, SILICIFIED
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 301.
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG IC 49, P. 37-38
Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1956
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