The Blue Lake is a copper and gold mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Blue Lake MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Lake
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY A 300-FT ADIT (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 63). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): ON THE EAST SIDE OF A NORTHWARD-TRENDING RIDGE FROM GOAT MOUNTAIN
Comment (Production): ABOUT 5000 TONS OF ORE WERE TAKEN OUT IN 1901 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 63).
Comment (Geology): VEINS AT THE BLUE LAKE PROPERTY ARE IN THE DIRECTIONLESS, SUB-PORPHYRITIC GRANODIORITE OF THE (TRIASSIC)?-JURASSIC BLUE GOAT PLUTON (STOFFEL, 1990, P. 33).
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): JONES, E.L., JR., 1917, RECONAISSANCE OF THE CONCONULLY AND RUBY MINING DISTRICTS, WASHINGTON. IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (SHORT PAPERS AND PRELIMINARY REPORTS), 1916- PART I, METALS AND NONMETALS EXCEPT FUELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 640, P. 11-36.
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): STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OROVILLE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 90-11, 58 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OF 90-18
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