The Methow is a gold, tungsten, copper, silver, and molybdenum 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: Gold, Tungsten, Copper, Silver, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 48.10694, -120.01833
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Methow MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Methow
Secondary: London
Secondary: New London;
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Squaw Creek, Hunter Mtn Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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 Methow Gneiss Is A Cretaceous Intrusive Body That Has Been Metamorphosed To Amphibolite Grade (Bunning, 1990).
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): $40,000 IN GOLD WAS PRODUCED IN 1940-41 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 144).
Comment (Deposit): THE QUARTZ VEINS THAT MAKE UP THE DEPOSIT WERE DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHAFTS AND ADITS. MORE THAN 2200 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WERE PRESENT; MORE THAN HALF OF THESE WERE WEST OF THE METHOW RIVER (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 144). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): THESE VEINS ARE IN BASIC DIKES OF PROBABLY EOCENE AGE AND WHICH CUT THE CRETACEOUS METHOW GNEISS (BUNNING, 1990; CULVER AND BROUGHTON, 1945).
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): BARKSDALE, J.D., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE METHOW VALLEY, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOUCES BULLETIN 68, 72 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): BUNNING, B.B., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE TWISP 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-9, 51 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): CULVER, H.E.; BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 89 P., 23 PL.
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