The Togo Mine is a copper and lead mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 3,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 48.04778, -118.07139
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Togo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Togo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Deer Trail District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Discovery Year: 1894
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Okanogan Highlands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne-Trending, Steeply Dipping Strata
Type: L
Description: Nnw-Fracture Zone Contains Some Ore
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SEVERAL SAMPLES INDICATE 5% CU, 0.005 OZ/TON AU, AND 0.70 OZ/TON AG ACROSS 2.5 FT. WIDTH.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ANDESITE PORPHYRY DIKES AND GRANODIORITE CROP OUT SOUTH AND WEST OF MINE-PERHAPS GRANODIORITE (CRETACEOUS ?) WAS SOURCE OF ORE MINERALS.
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY SHAFT AND TWO ADITS 120 FT. APART ALONG THE DIP OF THE VEIN . ORE ZONE AVERAGES 2.5 FT THICK
References
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, A. B. AND RAUP, O. B., 1964, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUNTERS QUADRANGLE, STEVENS AND FERRY COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INV. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-276
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, V. 1, P 104-105
Reference (Deposit): WEAVER, C. E., 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 201-203.
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7872.
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