Gray Eagle No. 2 Mine

The Gray Eagle No. 2 Mine is a gold mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 1,699 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gray Eagle No. 2 Mine
Secondary: Gray Eagle

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Squaw Creek District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Partly Within Okanogan National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: C. N. Bagwell, M. L. Pierce, Charles Atchison
Home Office: Loomis, Wa.
Years: 1941 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1897
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

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shear Zone

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT, 2 OPEN CUTS

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEINLETS IN FRACTURES OF ALTERED GRANITE

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS

References

Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990 METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 203.

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHNGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 140.

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