The Ivanhoe is a silver, gold, antimony, and lead 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: Silver, Gold, Antimony, Lead
Lat, Long: 48.875, -119.57389
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Ivanhoe MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ivanhoe
Secondary: Ivanhoe Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Palmer Mtn
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: Sediments Of The Anarchist Group Were Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE IVANHOE VEIN WAS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, ONE OF WHICH WAS LATER SUNK TO A DEPTH OF 500 FT. THE RICHEST ORES WERE NEAR THE SURFACE; THESE WERE MINED BY STRIPPING THE HANGING WALL OF THE VEIN OVER AN AREA 70 BY 120 FEET. IN ABOUT 1914, A 4400-FT CROSSCUT WAS DRIVEN FROM THE WEST SLOPE OF PALMER MTN IN AN ATTEMPT TO INTERSECT THE VEIN AT A DEPTH OF 1560 FT (UMPLEBY, 1911). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS IN PHYLLITE AND ARGILLITE OF THE PERMIAN BULLFROG MOUNTAIN FORMATION OF THE ANARCHIST GROUP.
Comment (Production): HAND-SORTED, NEAR-SURFACE ORES MINED BETWEEN 1888 AND 1897 CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 1000 OZ/TON AG AND SEVERAL OUNCES OF AU. APPROXIMATELY 1000 TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED TO SMELTERS IN WASHINGTON AND MONTANA; SEVERAL SHIPMENTS AVERAGED 392 OZ/TON AG AND 1.2 OZ/TON AU (MOEN, 1976, P. 123; RINEHART AND FOX, 1972, P. 91).
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): UMPLEBY, J.B., 1911, PART I.-- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT; PART II. -- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OROVILLE-NIGHTHAWK MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, 111 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): 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., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188 P.
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