The Bales Mine is a antimony mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 3,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,100 Feet (945 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 48.27806, -120.10722
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Bales Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bales Mine
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Carlton-Gold Creek Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Clyde Scott, Letha Scott, And Theodore Smith
Owner Name: Robert And Wade Smith
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1947
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: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Form: PODS, LENSES, AND IRREGULAR DISTRIBUTION IN VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: North-Trending Major Fault
Type: L
Description: Northeast-Trending Shear Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Surface Exposure Bleached And Iron Oxide Stained
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 37.82 TONS OF SORTED MATERIAL ASSAYED 14.4% SB. ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.07% SB AND 0.19% NI. AN ASSAY AT DISCOVERY POST YIELDED 10.9% SB. AS AVERAGES ABOUT 0.2%.
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Stibiconite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ALTERED AND SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONES CONTAINING DISSEMINATED AND MASSIVE STIBNITE.
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD D001661 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
Comment (Workings): SURFACE TRENCHING, 75 FT CROSSCUT WITH 120 FT DRIFT AND STOPE, 110 FT ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTOIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 104-123.
Reference (Deposit): BARKSDALE, J.D., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE METHOW VALLEY, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 68, PL. 1.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 18.
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. 172.
Reference (Production): MACLAREN (1966)
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