The Silver Ledge is a gold and silver mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Silver Ledge MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Ledge
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
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: Occurrence
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 Newby Group Was Deposited Along An Active Continental Maragin In Or Near An Island Arc.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bromyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 0.25 MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM THE ANTIMONY QUEEN MINE, ELEVATION 300 FEET ABOVE GOLD CREEK.
Comment (Production): PRODUCED 2 TONS OF ONSORTED ORE PRIOR TO 1921 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 149).
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS IN METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS NEWBY GROUP (BUNNING, 1990, GEOL. MAP).
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY A 150-FT INCLINED SHAFT AND A 1500-FT CROSSCUT (HUNTTING, 1956). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.
Reference (Deposit): BUNNING, B.B., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE TWISP 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-9, 51 P., 1 PL.
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