The Pinnacle is a gold, copper, lead, zinc, and silver 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, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.85833, -119.62917
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Pinnacle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pinnacle
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
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
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 Convergent Continental Margin.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 2000 FEET OF WORKINGS IN THREE ADITS (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972, P. 99). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): PRODUCED $200,000 WORTH OF GOLD ORE PRIOR TO 1910 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 146).
Comment (Geology): THE PINNACLE DEPOSIT IS IN METAGABBRO OF THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC PALMER MOUNTAIN GREENSTONE (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP).
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): 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): STEBBINS, R.H., 1951, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1951: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 19, 75 P.
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J.B., 1911, PART I.-- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT; PART II. -- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OROVILLE-NIGHTHAWK MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, 111 P.
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