The Caribou Mine is a gold mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 4,751 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: 4,751 Feet (1,448 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 48.96278, -118.99056
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Caribou Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Caribou Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Myers Creek District; Buckhorn Mtn Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bumgardner Mining And Investment Co.
Home Office: Mason, Wa.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Reddish-Brown Fe Oxide Staining And Green Malachite Coatings On Fracture Surfaces.
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CORE HOLE ASSAY: SURFACE TO 100 FT SHOWED 0.2-4.3 % CU, WITH 4.3 % CU AT 40-60 FT.
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Development): SHAFTS, ADITS, PITS, TRENCHES, AND CORE DRILLING.
Comment (Deposit): SKARN AND TACTITE ZONES CONTAINING ORE MINERALS.
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PITS, TRENCHES, SHAFTS, AND ADITS: ONE SHAFT IS REPORTED TO BE AT LEAST 100 FT DEEP, AND 2 SOUTHERLY TRENDING ADITSARE 80 AND 90 FT LONG.
Comment (Geology): THE AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY METAMORPHOSED (CONTACT) PALEOZOIC ROCKS. WITHIN THESE ROCKS OCCUR SKARN AND TACTITE BODIES WHICH CONTAIN THE ORE MINERALS.
Comment (Deposit): BECAUSE THE MINERALIZATION APPEARS TO BE AN EXTENSION OF ORE BODIES OF THE MAGNETIC MINE, THE MINERALIZED AREAS WERE CORE DRILLED IN 1911 (EARLIEST DRILLING) BY GRANBY. THE HOLE WAS 250 FT DEEP AND VERTICAL.
Comment (Commodity): 8 CARLOADS ORE PRODUCED 1916
References
Reference (Production): WASH. DGER BULL 73, P. 42-44
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