The Four Metals is a silver, lead, copper, zinc, tungsten, and molybdenum mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 1,161 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,161 Feet (354 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 48.94833, -119.66444
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Four Metals MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Four Metals
Secondary: Mammoth ?
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum
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
Type: R
Description: The Sediments And Volcanic Materials Of The Kobau Formation Were Deposited Proximal To An Island Arc Along A Convergent Continental Margin.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON THE SOUTH SLOPE OF LITTLE CHOPAKA MOUNTAIN, ON THE SIMILKAMEEN RIVER.
Comment (Production): PRODUCED 20 OR MORE CARLOADS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE AND CONCENTRATES BETWEEN 1918 AND 1921; 600 TONS WERE MILLED IN 1939 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 219).
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT IS A VEIN IN THE SIMILKAMEEN COMPOSITE PLUTON AT OR NEAR THE CONTACT WITH QUARTZITE (CHERT), LIMESTONE, AND GREENSTONE (HORNBLENDE SCHIST) OF THE KOBAU FORMATION OF PERMIAN OR TRIASSIC (?) AGE.
Comment (Deposit): TWO SHAFTS AND THREE ADITS ARE PRESENT AT THE PROPERTY (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
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): 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): PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.
Reference (Deposit): CULVER, H.E.; BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 89 P., 23 PL.
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.
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