The War Eagle is a gold mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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War Eagle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: War Eagle
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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
Year Last Production: 1902
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 Proximal To An Island Arc In A Convergent Continental Margin.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON PALMER MOUNTAIN
Comment (Production): PRODUCED ORE WORTH $150,000 PRIOR TO 1902 (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972, P. 107).
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS IN THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC PALMER MOUNTAIN GREENSTONE.
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A 100 FOOT ADIT AND TWO 70-FT FRIFTS (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972, P. 107). ; 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): 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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