The Mountain Beaver is a gold, copper, silver, and bismuth 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, Copper, Silver, Bismuth
Lat, Long: 48.78639, -120.31972
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Mountain Beaver MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain Beaver
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Bismuth
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
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 Volcanics Were Deposited As Part Of An Island Arc.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): (UNSURVEYED, APPROXIMATE LOCATION) ON ISABELLA RIDGE ADJACENT TO THE BILLY GOAT PROSPECT.
Comment (Production): SMALL SHIPMENTS WERE MADE IN 1922, 1931, 1934, AND 1935 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 144). ONE SHIPMENT OF 3639 LB MADE IN 1934 ASSAYED 4.1% CU, 2.08 OZ/TON AU, AND 1.9 OZ/TON AG (STAATZ AND OTHERS, 1971). ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF CRUDE ORE YIELDED 1.81% CU, 1.53 OZ/TON AU, 1.13 OZ/TON AG, AND A MINOR AMOUNT OF BISMUTH (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 144). THE MOUNTAIN BEAVER IS THE ONLY CLAIM IN THE BILLY GOAT PROPERTY TO HAVE PRODUCED (STAATZ AND OTHERS, 1971).
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IS PRESENT IN ANDESITE TUFF AND BRECCIA OF PROBABLE CRETACEOUS AGE AND IN A PLAGIOCLASE PORPHYRY DIKE OR SILL THAT INTRUDES THE VOLCANIC ROCKS (STOFFEL, 1990).
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY WAS REPORTEDLY DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS (STAATZ AND OTHERS, 1971). ; 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): STAATZ, M.H.; TABOR, R.W.; WEIS, P.L.; ROBERTSON, J.F.; VAN NOY, R.M.; PATTEE, E.C., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CASCADES NATIONAL PARK, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1359, 132 P., 2 PL.
Reference (Deposit): STOFFEL, K.L., MCGRODER, M.F., COMPILERS, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MOUNTAIN 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, 39 P., 1 PL.
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