Lucky Knock

The Lucky Knock is a antimony 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

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Site Name

Primary: Lucky Knock
Secondary: Lawrence

Commodity

Primary: Antimony

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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Sediments Of The Spectacle Formation Were Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 1000 FEET OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND WINZES (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 19). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): WEST SIDE OF WHITESTONE MOUNTAIN.

Comment (Production): ABOUT 40 TONS ASSAYING 62% SB WERE SHIPPED IN ABOUT 1907. A PLANT TO TRANSFORM STIBNITE TO ANTIMONY OXIDE WAS BUILT AT THE SITE BETWEEN 1915 AND 1917. ANTIMONY OXIDE AND ABOUT 500 TONS OF HIGH-GRADE STIBNITE ORE WERE SHIPPED. ONE CARLOAD CONTAINING 42 TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE GRADING 30.47% SB WAS SHIPPED IN 1941. IN 1948, SEVEN SHIPMENTS TOTALLY 47 TONS OF HAND-SORTED MATERIAL THAT AVERAGED 55.9% SB WERE MADE (PURDY, 1951, P. 94-96).

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT IS IN A SEQUENCE LIMESTONE AND PHYLLITE OF THE PERMIAN SPECTACLE FORMATION OF THE ANARCHIST GROUP (STOFFEL, 1990, GEOL. MAP).

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): PATTY, E.N.; GLOVER, S.L., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, WITH STATISTICS FOR 1919: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 21, 155 P., 1 PL.

Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, 186 P.

Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1952, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1952: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 20, 75 P.

Reference (Deposit): SHEDD, SOLON, 1924, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON WITH STATISTICS FOR 1922; WITH AN ARTICLE ON COAL AND COKE, BY G.W. EVANS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, 224 P.

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): 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): WHITE, D.E., 1962, ANTIMONY IN THE UNITED STATES (EXCLUSIVE OF ALASKA AND HAWAII): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR-20, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:3,168,000, WITH 6 P. TEXT.

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