The Security is a lead, zinc, gold, and copper 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: Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 48.84111, -119.63583
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Security MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Security
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Palmer Mountain
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
Deposit Size: S
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 Palmer Mountain Greenstone Was Deposited At A Convergent Continental Margin.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): HAS PRODUCED (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 70).
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS IN BANDED AND SCHISTOSE GREENSTONE OF THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC PALMER MOUNTAIN GREENSTONE THAT WAS INTRUDED TO THE WEST BY FELSIC TO INTERMEDIATE ROCKS OF PROBABLE JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS AGE (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972, GEOL. MAP).
Comment (Deposit): TWO ADITS WERE DEVELOPED ON THE PROPERTY (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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): 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): 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.
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