Fuller Property

The Fuller Property is a iron mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 2,300 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

Name: Fuller Property

State:  Washington

County:  Okanogan

Elevation: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)

Commodity: Iron

Lat, Long: 48.07028, -119.91306

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Fuller Property MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Fuller Property
Secondary: Lone Pine Claims


Commodity

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates


Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Squaw Creek District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Fuller, A. D. (Estate)
Years: 1949 -

Owner Name: S. J. Holden
Home Office: Cle Elum, Wa.


Production

Year: 1944
Material type: ORE FE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^About 25 % Fe/Ton (Minimum) To 50 % Fe/Ton
Year: 1943
Material type: ORE FE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Probably A Minimum Of About 25 % Fe/Ton
Year: 1942
Time Period: To 1942
Material type: ORE FE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^About 50 % Fe/Ton.


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1944
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LEDGE


Structure

Type: L
Description: Actinolite Body Contains Ore Hornblende, Biotite


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene

Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene

Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GOOD ORE-57.02% FE, 4.51% SIO2, .05% P2 O5, .097% S, 3.25% TIO2 2 CHANNEL SAMPLES-40.50-24.29% FE, 4.19-3.10% TIO2, .026-.024% P, .038-.004% S, .02-.11% CU


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Development): ADITS AND A QUARRY.

Comment (Commodity): 1000 TONS PRE-1943, 1250 TONS 1943, 1 CARLOAD 1944

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SHEDD AND OTHERS, 1922

Comment (Deposit): MAGNETITE INTIMATELY INTERMIXED WITH HBLENDE AND ACTINOLITE; THE ORE IS COARSE GRAINED AND HAS A SCHISTOSE (APPARENT) APPEARANCE; IT OCCURS IN SEAMS AND LENSES; THE ORE SOMEWHAT GRADES INTO THE WALL ROCK; SULFIDES ARE ASSOC. WITH QUARTZ.

Comment (Workings): 140 FT OF ADITS AND A QUARRY.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SULFIDES ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ

Comment (Deposit): TWO CLAIMS: LONE PINE NOS. 1 AND 2.


References

Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 198.

Reference (Deposit): WASH. DIV. GEOL. BULL 27, P. 67-69, PLATE 1


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