The Buck Mountain Claim is a tungsten mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Buck Mountain Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buck Mountain Claim
Secondary: Buckhorn
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Loup Loup Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kenneth Mosby
Home Office: Brewster, Wa.
Years: 1954 -
Owner Name: Gulf Mineral Resources Co.
Home Office: Suite 575, 100 W. Grove St., Reno, Nv. 89509
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: VEIN 2 IN TO 3 FT, SCATTERED GRAINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, SHAFT, AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SPARSELY MINERALIZED
Comment (Commodity): 1 SHIPMENT OF SILVER ORE REPORTED.
Comment (Development): SHAFT, TRENCHES, AND ADITS; EXPLORATION IN 1977-79.
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 344.
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DGER IC 69, P. 10
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