The Lead Horse Claim is a silver and lead mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 48.80083, -120.33333
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Lead Horse Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lead Horse Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Billy Goat Mountain Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
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 Pasayten Wilderness In Okanogan National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Fred Floyd, Mr. Eddy, And Mr. Star
Years: 1965 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: L
Description: Breccia Is Faulted
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching Along Joints
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH GRADE SAMPLE ASSAYED 31% PB, 6.7 OZ/TON AG. SAMPLE OF MAIN FAULT CONTAINED 0.01 OZ/TON AU, 4.3 OZ/TON AG, 0.37% CU. STOCKPILE SAMPLE CONTAINED TR AU, 12.4 OZ/TON AG, 0.9% CU, 7.85% PB, 0.9% ZN
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON SOUTHWEST FLANK OF BILLY GOAT MOUNTAIN
Comment (Workings): 2 SHORT ADITS, SEVERAL CUTS
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS MAY BE AS OLD AS JURASSIC
References
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., WEIS, P.L., TABOR, R.W., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., PATTEE, E.C., AND HOLT, D.C., 1971, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PASAYTEN WILDERNESS AREA, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1325, P. 109-111
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