Antimony Bell

The Antimony Bell is a antimony mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 2,300 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Antimony Bell
Secondary: Antimony Belle

Commodity

Primary: Antimony

Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Carlton-Gold Creek Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: In Okanogan National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Charles Williams
Home Office: Carlton, Wa.
Years: 1949 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Orebody

Form: VEINS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Stibiconite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Antigorite

Comments

Comment (Location): ON HILL SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH FORK GOLD CREEK

Comment (Workings): 32 FT SHAFT AND SEVERAL ADITS

References

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 18.

Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 168.

Reference (Production): DERKEY AND OTHERS

Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C. P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 107-109.

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