The Silver Bluff is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Silver Bluff MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Bluff
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Galena
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1923
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 Cave Mountain Formation Was Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin Proximal To An Island Arc.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Stromeyerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN CUTS LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE OF THE TRIASSIC CAVE MOUNTAIN FORMATION (RINEHART AND FOX, 1976, GEOL. MAP).
Comment (Deposit): AN INCLINED SHAFT WAS DRIVEN 65 FT AT THE PROPERTY (BETHUNE, 1982). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): CREDITED WITH $80,000 WORTH OF PRODUCTION BY THE END OF 1923 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 310).
References
Reference (Deposit): RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1976, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE CONCONULLY QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1402, 58 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): BETHUNE, G.A., 1892, MINES AND MINERALS OF WASHINGTON- SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF G. A. BETHUNE, STATE GEOLOGIST: WASHINGTON STATE PRINTER, 183 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.
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