The Crystal Butte Iron Prospect is a iron mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 4,301 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: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 48.91778, -118.99278
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Crystal Butte Iron Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crystal Butte Iron Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Myers Creek District; Buckhorn Mtn Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mr. Speddon
Home Office: Seattle, Wa.
Years: 1945 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SEVERAL SMALL ORE BODIES CONTAIN UP TO: 60 % PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE, 40 % MAGNETITE, LESS THAN 1 % CHALCOPYRITE, AND ONLY TRACES OF SCHEELITE
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartzite
Comments
Comment (Location): SOUTHERN SLOPE OF BUCKHORN MTN.
Comment (Development): SHAFTS, ADIT, AND TWO TRENCHES. MAGNETIC SURVEYS IN 1945 AND 1960 DID NOT DISCLOSE ANY MAJOR ANOMALIES.
Comment (Workings): FIVE SHALLOW SHAFTS, A 350 FT ADIT, AND TWO TRENCHES TOTALING 420 FT.
Comment (Geology): INTRUSIVE ROCKS COULD UNDERLIE THE SITE AT SHALLOW DEPTHS, AND PROVIDE A CONTACT METAMORPHIC ENVIRONMENT AT THEIR CONTACT WITH THE OVERLYING ARGILLITE AND QUARTZITE. THUS, ADDITIONAL MINERALIZATION COULD OCCUR AT DEEPER DEPTHS. ; GEOL.DESC: SYENITE NEARBY
Comment (Deposit): DISSEMINATED ORE MINERALS IN QTZITE AND ARGILLITE.
Comment (Commodity): ONLY A FEW TONS MAGNETITE
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 198.
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DGER BULL 73, P. 6, 43, 45, PLATE 1
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