The Little Chief is a silver, gold, and copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Little Chief MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Chief
Secondary: Double Header
Secondary: Grand Coulee
Secondary: Ruby Silver;
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Nespelem
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: The Porphyritic Granodiorite Of Manila Creek Is Part Of The Keller Butte Suite Of Holder And Holder (1988). Rocks Of The Keller Butte Suite Were Emplaced During Regional Ductile Stretching Associated With Deformation In The Metamorphic Core Complexes (Holder And Holder, 1988).
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): THE MINE IS THE SECOND LARGEST PRODUCER IN THE NESPELEM DISTRICT. THE DEPOSIT PRODUCED $60,000.00 IN SILVER FROM 1911-1921. A SMALL AMOUNT OF CONCENTRATE WAS PRODUCED FROM 1937 TO 1954 (MOEN, 1976, P. 132).
Comment (Geology): TWO VEINS ARE PRESENT IN THE (PALEOCEN?)-EOCENE PORPHYRITIC GRANODIORITE OF MANILA CREEK (GULICK AND KOROSEC, 1990, GEOL. MAP).
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 560-FT ADIT WITH 640 FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS AS WELL AS A 200-FT SHAFT WITH STOPES (MOEN, 1976, P. 131). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NESPELEM VILLAGE
References
Reference (Deposit): WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 1971, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1969-70: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 46, 88 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): 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): HOLDER, R.W.; HOLDER, G.A.M., 1988, THE COLVILLE BATHOLITH - TERTIARY PLUTONISM IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON ASSOCIATED WITH GRABEN AND CORE COMPLEX (GNEISS DOME) FORMATION: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 100, NO. 12, P. 1971-1980.
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.
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T., 1918, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 677, 186 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): BROCH, M.J., 1979, IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RIDGE AREA (MOSES MINING DISTRICT), COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS, 204 P., 1 PL.
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