The Fourth of July is a silver, lead, copper, and gold mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 4,501 feet.
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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: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 48.47694, -119.72750
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Fourth of July MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fourth of July
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Conconully, Ruby Hill 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
Type: R
Description: The Salmon Creek Schist And Gneiss Is Laterally Equivalent To The Metamorphic Complex Of Conconully (Gulick And Korosec, 1990), Which Is Thought By Rinehart And Fox (1976) To Grade Into And Include Late Triassic Rocks. Late Triassic Sedimentary Rocks Were Deposited In An Active Continental Margin Setting Associated With An Island Arc.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): THE VEIN WAS DISCOVERED IN 1887. IN 1889 A SHIPMENT OF HIGH-GRADE SILVER ORE WAS SENT TO THE SMELTER IN HELENA, MONTANA. A 200-FT SHAFT WAS SUNK ON THE VEIN, AND AN AVERAGE OF 10 TONS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE PER MONTH WAS SHIPPED TO SMELTERS. SILVER ORE WAS SHIPPED TO A CONCENTRATING MILL IN RUBY CITY UNTIL MID-1893 WHEN THE MINE WAS FORCED TO SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF THE SILVER PANIC. TOTAL PRODUCTION TO THIS TIME AMOUNTED TO $36,000. FROM 1958 TO 1964 HAND-SORTED SHIPMENT WERE SENT TO THE SMELTER IN TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA. EXCEPT FOR A SMALL SHIPMENT IN 1967, THOSE WERE THE LAST SHIPMENTS FROM THE MINE (MOEN, 1973).
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS IN BIOTITE GNEISS OF THE PRE-JURASSIC SALMON CREEK SCHIST AND GNEISS PARALLEL TO AND WEST OF THE CONTACT WITH GRANODIORITE GNEISS (MOEN, 1973).
Comment (Deposit): THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AT THE MINE CONSIST OF A DOUBLE-COMPARTMENT 500-FT SHAFT AND A SINGLE-COMPARTMENT 200-FT SHAFT. SEVERAL LEVELS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN AND MINED (MOEAN, 1973). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1973, CONCONULLY MINING DISTRICT OF OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 49, 42 P.
Reference (Deposit): RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1976, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE CONCONULLY QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1402, 58 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): SCHUSTER, J.E., 1973, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1971-72: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 48, 97 P.
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.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, E.L., JR., 1917, RECONAISSANCE OF THE CONCONULLY AND RUBY MINING DISTRICTS, WASHINGTIN. 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): GULICK, C.W.; KOROSEC, M.A., COMPILERS, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OMAK 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-12, 52 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.
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