The Mid Range is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 6,880 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,880 Feet (2,097 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 48.48528, -120.59694
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Mid Range MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mid Range
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
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: In Okanogan National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bill Johnson And Corvin Johnson, Winthrop, Wash.
Years: 1946 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: R
Description: Hozameen Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Granite Is Hydrothermally Altered
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): BATHOLITH PROBABLY CRYSTALLIZED AROUND 47 MA. VARIOUS DATING TECHNIQUES YIELDED AGES OF ABOUT 38-42 MA, WHICH ARE PROBABLY DATES OF THE HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. AT HEAD OF NORTH CREEK
Comment (Deposit): 2 MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEINS
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS AND OPEN CUTS
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. 234.
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. 144.
Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1956
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