The Apache is a silver, gold, lead, manganese, zinc, and copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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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:
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Zinc, Copper
Lat, Long: 48.15778, -119.02000
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Apache MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Apache
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Nespelem
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN WAS ACCESSED BY SEVERAL ADITS (BROCH, 1979). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): ESTIMATED PRODUCTION FROM 1911 TO 1940 WAS ABOUT $250,000 IN AG, AND $200,000 IN AU. SHIPMENTS TO THE TACOMA SMELTER IN 1911 CONTAINED ABOUT $350/TON AU AND AG. SMALL HAND-SORTED, HIGH-GRADE SHIPMENTS CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 2,444 OZ/TON AG. THE BULK OF THE ORE AVERAGED 10-20 OZ/TON AG AND WAS CONCENTRATED AT THE GREAT METALS MILL NEAR NESPELEM FALLS PRIOR TO SHIPMENT TO THE SMELTER (MOEN, 1976, P. 129).
Comment (Geology): THE VEINS ARE IN A SHEAR ZONE IN THE (PALEOCENE?)-EOCENE PORPHYRITIC GRANODIORITE OF MANILA CREEK.
References
Reference (Deposit): GULICK, C.W.; KOROSEC, M.A., COMPILERS, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OMAK 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-12, 52 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): HOLDER, R.W.; HOLDER, G.A.M., 1988, THE COLVILLE BATHOLITH - TERTIARY PLUTONISM IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON ASSOCIATED WITH GRABEN AND CORE COMPLEX (GNEISS DOME) FORMATION: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 100, NO. 12, P. 1971-1980.
Reference (Deposit): BROCH, M.J., 1979, IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RIDGE AREA (MOSES MINING DISTRICT), COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS, 204 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188 P.
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T., 1918, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 677, 186 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OF 90-18
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