The Highland is a tungsten, zinc, copper, 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: Tungsten, Zinc, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 48.11, -120.03500
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Highland MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Highland
Secondary: Highland Light
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Squaw Creek
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 Methow Gneiss Is A Tonalitic Gneiss Of Cretaceous Age That Has Been Metamorphosed To Amphibolite-Facies Grade (Bunning, 1990).
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE VEINS CUT THE CRETACEOUS METHOW GNEISS (BUNNING, 1990, GEOL. MAP).
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY A 40-FT SHAFT AND A 15-FT SHAFT 3000 FEET APART ON THE VEIN. A CROSSCUT ADIT LIES NORTH OF THE SHAFTS AND 200-FT BELOW THEM (CULVER AND BROUGHTON, 1945). THE PROPERTY IS BOUNDED BY THE HOLDEN-CAMPBELL PROPERTY ON THE WEST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALED $13,000 DURING 1938-1941 IN AU AND ZN (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 141).
References
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): HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, 116 P. [FACSIMILE REPRINTED 1967 IN TWO VOLUMES, MINING IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON, AND, MINING IN WESTERN WASHINGTON: SHOREY BOOK STORE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.]
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): LANDES, HENRY; THYNG, W.S.; LYON, D.A.; ROBERTS, 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): 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): BUNNING, B.B., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE TWISP 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-9, 51 P., 1 PL.
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