The Gold Axe is a gold, copper, silver, and iron mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 5,279 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: 5,279 Feet (1,609 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper, Silver, Iron
Lat, Long: 48.95111, -118.98028
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Gold Axe MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Axe
Secondary: Buckhorn Mountain Project
Secondary: Crown Jewel
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Myers Creek, Buckhorn Mtn 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
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
Type: R
Description: The Kobau Formation Was Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin Proximal To An Island Arc.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Production): SPORADIC PRODUCTION OF COPPER AND GOLD FROM 1910 TO 1934; TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY DID NOT EXCEED 5000 TONS (MOEN, 1980, P. 47). HANDY (1916, P. 8) REPORTS THAT SIX CARLOADS OF ORE CONTAINING $10-$20/TON IN AU AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF SILVER WERE SHIPPED. HUNTTING (1956, P. 139) REPORTS 16 OR 17 CARLOADS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED IN 1914-1915.
Comment (Geology): THE JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN PLUTON INTRUDED AND CONTACT METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONES AND GREENSTONES OF THE PERMIAN OR TRIASSIC (?) KOBAU FORMATION.
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF AN ADIT AND MANY PROSPECT PITS. DRILLED BY CROWN RESOURCES CORP. IN 1989 AND BY BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD IN 1990. THE PROPERTY IS PART OF A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN CROWN RESOURCES AND BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD AND IS KNOWN AS THE BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN DEPOSIT (1990). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HANDY, F.M., 1916, AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN OKANOGAN COUNTY: STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 100, 27P.
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): MOEN, W.S., 1980, MYERS CREEK AND WAUCONDA MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHEASTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 73, 96 P., 6 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): 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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