The Turk Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 3,399 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: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.04806, -118.08222
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Turk Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Turk Mine
Secondary: High Grade
Secondary: Lucky Boy
Secondary: Reardon Copper
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Deer Trail District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Alpine Uranium Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Discovery Year: 1881
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Okanogan Highlands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Steeply Dipping Ne-Trending Strata
Type: L
Description: Ne And Nw-Trending Fault Zones
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TYPICAL ASSAYS ARE 9% CU, 2 OZ/TON AG, 0.1 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): MINE WELL DEVELOPED BY 1914 (WEAVER, C. E., 1920) SO UNDOUBTEDLY CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION RESULTED FOR WHICH THERE IS NO RECORD. PRODUCTION YEARS 1916 - 1919 , 1927 , 1929.
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY 3 ADITS AND ALL HAVE BEEN CONNECTED BY STOPES ALONG THE VEIN. PRODUCTION FROM 2 LENTICULAR ORE BODIES WHICH ARE CONNECTED BY A NARROW RIBBON-LIKE NECK OF ORE. SEVERAL HUNDRED FT TO BOTTOM OF DEPOSIT.
Comment (Deposit): GRANODIORITE CROPS OUT ABOUT A MILE TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE WEST AND PROBABLY UNDERLIES MINE AT SHALLOW DEPTH
References
Reference (Deposit): WEAVER, C. E., 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 203-204
Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E. N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23, P. 146-149
Reference (Production): USBM INFO. CIRC. 7872
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, A. B. AND RAUP, O. B., 1964, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUNTERS QUADRANGLE, STEVENS AND FERRY COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INV. FLD STUDIES MAP MF-276
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, V. 1, P 104
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