Four Metals Property

The Four Metals Property is a lead, silver, zinc, and copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 1,161 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Four Metals Property
Secondary: Mammoth ?

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: James Stack, Oroville, Wa., And John Hancock, Okanogan, Wa.

Owner Name: Border Lord Mining Corp. (50 Year Lease From
Home Office: Seattle, Wa.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Type: L
Description: Small Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: EST 2 % WO3.
Analytical Data: EST. TO AVG $8 PB, AG, CU, ZN PER TON

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote

Comments

Comment (Production): NO RECORDED PRODUCTION OF TUNGSTEN ORE BUT THERE WAS SOME LEAD-ZINC PRODUCTION FROM THE FOUR METALS MINE

Comment (Development): SHAFTS, ADITS, AND OPEN CUTS.

Comment (Deposit): SULFIDES ARE IN RIBBON-LIKE BANDS PARALLEL TO THE WALLS WITH MINOR VALUES IN ERRATIC SPECKS AND BUNCHES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE QUARTZ. SCHEELITE IS CONCENTRATED IN VEIN NEAR ITS WALLS.

Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS, 110 AND 150 FT DEEP; 3 ADITS, 340, 235, AND 140 FT LONG; AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.

Comment (Geology): THE SOUTH EXTENSION OF THE VEIN CARRIES INTO SCHIST, WHERE IT IS QUITE WELL MINERALIZED. ON RIDGE CREST EAST OF THE MAIN ADIT THERE IS A VEIN SET N5-10W, DIPPING 25-30W, TO 48 INCHES WIDE; THIS SET IS OFFSET 6FT BY A FAULT (N30W, 65E). AT SOUTHERNMOST WORKINGS THERE IS A VEIN 6 FT THICK (N30W, 30SW).

Comment (Deposit): 11 CLAIMS INCLUDING: SILVER QUEEN, SHAMROCK, MARY, CHOPAKA, DANIELS, ALICE, AND OLLIE.

Comment (Location): ON SOUTH SLOPE OF LITTLE CHOPAKA MTN, ON SIMILKAMEEN RIVER.

Comment (Commodity): PRODUCTION 1918-1921; 600 TONS MILLED IN 1939.

References

Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 219

Reference (Deposit): WASH. GEOL. SUR. BULL 23, P. 233

Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 86-87, PLATES 1-2

Reference (Deposit): WASH. DIV. GEOL. BULL 34, P. 34

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