The Tough Nut is a silver, lead, copper, and zinc mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 3,199 feet.
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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: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Lat, Long: 48.57972, -119.74889
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Tough Nut MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tough Nut
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
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: Occurrence
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 Triassic Sediments Were Deposited Along An Active Margin Associated With An Island Arc. The Conconully Pluton Is A Directionless, Post-Tectonic Body That Was Intruded Into A Major Structural Zone (Stoffel, K.L., Dger, 1990, Oral Commun.).
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1901 WAS VALUED AT $9000 (MOEN, 1973).
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS IN QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST OF THE METAMORPHIC COMPLEX OF CONCONULLY NEAR THE CONTACT WITH THE CONCONULLY PLUTON OF CRETACEOUS AGE (STOFFEL, 1990, GEOL. MAP).
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY A 50-FT INCLINED SHAFT AND A 250-FT ADIT WITH A 40-FT WINZE (MOEN, 1973, P. 28). ; 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): JONES, E.R., 1917, RECONAISSANCE OF THE CONCONULLY AND RUBY MINING DISTRICTS, WASHINGTON. IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (SHORT PAPERS AND PRELIMINARY REPORTS), 1916-PART I, METALS AND NONMETALS, EXCEPT FUELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 640, P. 11-36.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1973, CONCONULLY MINING DISTRICT OF OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 49, 42 P.
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): 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): 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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