The Bales is a antimony, arsenic, and nickel mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Antimony, Arsenic, Nickel
Lat, Long: 48.27806, -120.10722
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Bales MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bales
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Nickel
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Carlton-Gold Creek Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Stibiconite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ELEVATION 3000 FEET
Comment (Deposit): ONLY SURFACE WORK HAS BEEN DONE AT THIS PROPERTY (PURDY, 1951). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): MINING IN 1951-1952 YIELDED AN ESTIMATED 100 TONS OF ORE (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 18).
Comment (Geology): THE MINERALIZED SYSTEM IS WITHIN HORNBLENDE-QUARTZ DIORITE OF THE TWISP VALLEY SCHIST (PURDY, 1951; BUNNING, 1990, GEOL. MAP).
References
Reference (Deposit): BUNNING, B.B., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE TWISP 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-9, 51 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): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, 186 P.
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1952, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1952: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 20, 75 P.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OF 90-18
Reference (Deposit): BARKSDALE, J.D., 1948, STRATIGRAPHY IN THE METHOW QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: NORHTWEST SCIENCE, V. 22, NO. 4, P. 164-176
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