The Castle Creek is a copper, zinc, lead, silver, and gold 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: Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 48.38222, -118.85611
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Castle Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Castle Creek
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Park City
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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED AN UNKNOW AMOUNT OF ORE IN 1906, 1918, AND 1920 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 217).
Comment (Geology): AT THE CASTLE CREEK MINE, PALEOZOIC BLACK SHALE CONTAINING HEMATITIC, BROWN SILTSTONE INTERBEDS IS INTRUDED BY DIKES OF THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE GRANITE OF MOSES MOUNTAIN (JOSEPH, 1990, GEOL. MAP).
References
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 550, 215 P.
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): JOSEPH, N. L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NESPELEM 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE 90-16, 47 P., 1 PL.
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): PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.
Reference (Deposit): WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, 1941, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING PROPERTIES: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7, 74 P.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OF 90-18
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