The Summit is a lead, gold, silver, 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: Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 48.84694, -119.60778
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Summit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Summit
Secondary: Alice
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Palmer Mtn.
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 Palmer Mountain Greenstone Wa Deposited Along A Convergent Continental Margin Proximal To An Island Arc.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): EXPL.COM: 26 MINES FOR EXPLORATION ; TOTAL$: 1
Comment (Deposit): MESOTHERMALS (1) FERRUGINOUS ORE ASSAY 179 OZ/TON AG. (2) ASSAYED 143.36 TO 1254.4 OZ/TON AG, BUT ONLY A SMALL QUANTITY OF ORE WAS EXTRACTED.
Comment (Production): CONCENTRATES RECOVERED FROM 85 TONS OF ORE IN 1937 WERE WORTH $1538.00; TOTAL PRODUCTION IN 1937 WAS ABOUT $1900.00 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 149).
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS IN GREENSTONE AND METAGABBRO OF THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC PALMER MOUNTIAN GREENSTONE (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972).
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT WAS DEVELOPED BY THREE SHAFTS TOTALING 420 FEET AND FIVE ADITS TOTALING 1200 FEET (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 149). ; 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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