The Butcher Boy Mine is a gold mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Butcher Boy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Butcher Boy Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Myers Creek District; Chesaw Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Butcher Boy Mining Co.
Years: 1908 - 1915
Owner Name: James Miller
Home Office: Chesaw, Wa.
Years: 1938 -
Production
Year: 1908
Material type: ORE AU
Description: Ap_Grade: ^4 Oz Au/Ton
Year: 1907
Material type: ORE AU AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Probably At Least 4 Oz Au/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1909
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Minor Local Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A CARLOAD OF ORE IN 1908 AVG
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): ADIT AND SHAFT. IN 1909 A CLOUDBURST FILLED THE MINE SHAFT AND STOPES WITH WATER AND SURFACE DEBRIS. IN 1938 AN AT TEMPT WAS MADE TO CLEAR THE STOPE WHERE THE MOST HIGH-GRADE O RE WAS MINED; THE RESULTS ARE UNKNOWN.
Comment (Workings): ADIT: DRIVEN WEST 156 FT, THEN NW 170 FT; THE LAST 1 00 FT EXPOSES THE VEIN. ABOUT 150 FT WEST OF THE ADIT PORTAL 150 FT HIGHER IN ELEVATION) IS THE HIGH GRADE ORE SHAFT, WHIC H IS REPORTED TO CONTAIN A STOPE 6 FT WIDE, 60 FT HIGH, AND 6 0 FT LONG, FROM A WORKING LEVEL 35 FT BELOW THE SHAFT COLLAR.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 1 IN-6 FT VEIN WIDTH
Comment (Commodity): 11 CARLOADS ORE 1907
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN IN GREENSTONE
Comment (Deposit): THERE COULD BE RESERVES IN THE SHAFT.
Comment (Location): 175 FT WEST OF A COUNTY ROAD.
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 137.
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DGER BULL 73, P. 33, PLATE 1
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