The John Judge is a gold, copper, lead, and silver mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 2,500 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: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.86, -119.62000
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John Judge MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: John Judge
Secondary: Leadville
Secondary: Denver City
Secondary: Grandview;
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
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
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 Along An Active Continental Margin Proximal To An Island Arc.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF 2500 FEET OF ADITS AND SHAFTS (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972, P. 91). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): PRODUCED 15 TONS OF ORE IN 1937; ALSO PRODUCED IN 1938 AND 1939 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 143).
Comment (Geology): VEIN IN CHLORITE SCHIST OF THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC PALMER MOUNTAIN GREENSTONE (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972).
References
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.
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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