The Holden-Campbell is a molybdenum, gold, copper, tungsten, and silver 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: Molybdenum, Gold, Copper, Tungsten, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.11667, -120.05694
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Holden-Campbell MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Holden-Campbell
Secondary: Hunter
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Silver
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 Methow Gneiss Is A Tonalitic Gneiss That Has Been Metamorphosed To Amphibolite Grade (Bunning, 1990).
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MORE THAN 1100 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS DEVELOPED THE SEVERAL VEINS ON THE PROPERTY (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 141). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): THE HOLDEN-CAMPBELL PROPERTY HAS PRODUCED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF GOLD ORE, AND THE ADJACENT HUNTER MINE (NOW PART OF THE HOLDEN-CAMPBELL PROPERTY) PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT IN 1940 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 141).
Comment (Geology): THE VVEINS ARE IN TONALITIC GNEISS OF THE CRETACEOUS METHOW GNEISS THAT HAS BEEN CUT BY DIKES OF PROBABLE EOCENE AGE (BUNNING, 1990, GEOL. MAP; CULVER AND BROUGHTON, 1945, P. 46).
References
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): 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): 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): 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.
Reference (Deposit): CULVER, H.E.; BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 89 P., 23 PL.
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