Key

The Key is a silver, lead, gold, copper, zinc, and bismuth mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 2,799 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

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Site Name

Primary: Key

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Bismuth

Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Conconully

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: Triassic (Or Pre-Jurassic) Sediments Were Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin Setting.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCED A TOTAL OF 1500 TONS; 12 TONS WERE PRODUCED IN 1914 AND NETTED $444 IN AG AND PB (MOEN, 1973, P. 28).

Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS IN SCHIST AND MIGMATITE OF THE METAMORPHIC COMPLEX OF CONCONULLY. THESE ROCKS ARE THOUGHT BY RINEHART AND FOX (1976) TO BE IN PART LATE TRIASSIC BECAUSE THEY ARE INTRUDED BY A SMALL PLUTON THAT IS CORRELATED WITH THE LOOMIS PLUTON, DATED AT 194 M.Y.

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT AT THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF A 300-FT ADIT, AN 80-FT SHAFT, AND A 150-FT DRIFT (MOEN, 1973, P. 28). ; 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): MOEN, W.S., 1973, CONCONULLY MINING DISTRICT OF OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 49, 42 P.

Reference (Deposit): RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1976, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE CONCONULLY QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1402, 58 P., 1 PL.

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.

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