The Mid Range is a silver, copper, gold, and zinc 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, Copper, Gold, Zinc
Lat, Long: 48.48528, -120.59694
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Mid Range MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mid Range
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
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 Golden Horn Batholith Was Intruded Into The Hozameen Fault, The Major Fault Bounding The Southwestern Side Of The Methow Basin. Radiometric Dating Suggests That Magmatic Crystallization Occured At Approximately 47 M.Y. K-Ar Biotite, Fission-Track Allanite, Rb-Sr Isochron Ages That Fall Between 38 And 42 M.Y. Probably Represent The Age Of Postcrystallization Hydrothermal Alteration (Stoffel And Mcgroder, 1990).
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Location): AT THE HEAD OF NORTH CREEK, ELEVATION 6000-7760 FEET, ABOUT 5 MILES BY TRAIL NORTH OF GILBERT, AT THE TERMINOUS OF THE TWISP RIVER ROAD.
Comment (Production): TEN TONS OF ORE IN 1939 AND 22 TONS OF ORE IN 1940 WERE SHIPPED TO THE TACOMA SMELTER (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 144).
Comment (Geology): THE VEINS ARE IN GRANITE OF THE GOLDEN HORN BATHOLITH OF EOCENE AGE (STOFFEL AND MCGRODER, 1990).
References
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): STOFFEL, K.L., MCGRODER, M.F., COMPILERS, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MOUNTAIN 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, 39 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, 1941, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING PROPERTIES: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7, 74 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.
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