The Fourth of July Mine is a mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 4,488 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: 4,488 Feet (1,368 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 48.4769, -119.72780
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Fourth of July Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fourth of July Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Conconcully District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Type: Unknown
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hommel, William
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1889
Discovery Year: 1887
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Stephanite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrargyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): PATTY,E.N,1921,METAL MINES OF WA.WA GEOL SURV.BUL 23
Reference (Deposit): MOEN,W.S,1973.CONCONULLY MINING DIST,OK.CO.WA.WA DIV GEOL I
Reference (Deposit): MENZER,F.J,1964.GEOL XLLINE ROCKSW.OKANOGAN CO.WA UWA PHD TH
Reference (Deposit): JONES,E.L,JR.1916.RECON CONCONULYRUBY MING DIST WA.USGS BUL
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING,M.T,1956,INVNTRY WA MIN DEPS. WA DIV.GEOL BUL 37
Reference (Deposit): WA.DIV.GEOL.EARTH RESOURCES.UNPUBD DATA
Reference (Deposit): BETHUNE.G.A,1891,MINES MINS OF WA2ND AN.REPORT OF STATE GEOL
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