The Black Bear is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Black Bear MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Bear
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Palmer Mtn, Alice Property Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): VEINS ARE IN BANDED AND SCHISTOSE GREENSTONE OF THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC PALMER MOUNTAIN GREENSTONE; GREENSTONE WAS INTRUDED BY FELSIC TO INTERMEDIATE ROCKS OF PROBABLE JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS AGE (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972, GEOL. MAP).
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY 2500 FEET OF WORKINGS AND A 300-FOOT SHAFT (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): PRODUCED $150,000 PRIOR TO 1902; PRODUCED 77 TONS IN 1947 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 81).
References
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): LANDES, HENRY; THYNG, W.S.; LYON, D.A.; ROBERT, MILNOR, 1902, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, IN SIX PARTS; PART II-THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 123 P.
Reference (Deposit): RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LOOMIS QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 64, 124 P., 3 PL.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OF 90-18
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