The Mohawk is a zinc, silver, lead, and copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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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:
Commodity: Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 48.57, -119.78472
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Mohawk MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mohawk
Secondary: Silver Peak
Secondary: Sunny Peak
Secondary: Chief Sunshine;
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Salmon River Mining
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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 Conconully Pluton Is A Directionless Post-Tectonic Body That Was Intruded Into A Major Structural Zone (Stoffel, K.L., Dger, Oral Commun., 1990).
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS IN THE BIOTITE- AND HORNBLENDE-BEARING CONCONULLY PLUTON OF CRETACEOUS AGE (STOFFEL, 1990).
Comment (Deposit): TWO ADITS WERE WORKED AT THE PROPERTY (MOEN, 1973, P. 24). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): THE MINE WAS WORKED AS EARLY AS 1890, BUT MINING CEASED DURING THE SILVER PANIC OF 1893. BETWEEN 1951 AND 1954, ORE THAT CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 60 OZ/TON AG WAS PRODUCED. IN 1961 AND 1967, SMALL SHIPMENTS OF SILVER ORE WERE MADE TO THE COMINCO SMELTER IN TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MOEN, 1973).
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, E.L., JR., 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): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, 186 P.
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.
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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