The Palmer Summit Mine is a gold, copper, and lead mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Palmer Summit Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Palmer Summit Mine
Secondary: Grand Summit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Palmer Mtn.
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Dr. L. E. Eastman And F.C. Barber
Home Office: Wenatchee, Wa.
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $20 AU AVG. IN 50 TON
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: NARROW, SPARSELY MINERALIZED VEINS
Comment (Commodity): $1000 PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1897
Comment (Location): BELIEVED SAME AS ALICE
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 5, P. 106
Washington Gold
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