Blewett Camp

The Blewett Camp is a gold mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 2,339 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Blewett Camp
Secondary: Blewett
Secondary: Mdo #1
Secondary: Peshastin
Secondary: Culver
Secondary: Alta Vista
Secondary: Black Jack
Secondary: La Rica
Secondary: Manistee
Secondary: Phipps
Secondary: Pole Pick #1
Secondary: Prospect
Secondary: Wilder
Secondary: Blue Bell
Secondary: Eureka
Secondary: Fraction
Secondary: Lucky Queen
Secondary: Golden Eagle
Secondary: Hummingbird
Secondary: North Star
Secondary: Olden
Secondary: Sandell
Secondary: Tip Top

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Blewett District

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 Wenatchee National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Gold Bond Mining Co.
Years: 1951 -

Owner Name: Montana D'Oro, Inc.
Years: 1992 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1874
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: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Talc

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 3 PARALLEL VEINS. ORE IS GENERALLY LOW GRADE; MOST OF PRODUCTION CAME FROM HIGH-GRADE SHOOTS. BECAUSE OF TECTONIC SETTING AND HOST ROCK TYPES, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THERE ARE OVERLAPPING DEPOSIT TYPES IN THIS DEPOSIT, PARTICULARLY SILICA-CARBONATE HG, WHICH IS COMMON IN OPHIOLITIC TERRANES

Comment (Workings): ADITS, WINZES, RAISES, SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT IS NEAR THE MT. STUART BATHOLITH. THE INGALLS TECTONIC COMPLEX IS A DISRUPTED OPHIOLITE

Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD D001419 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Comment (Production): MOST OF THE PRODUCTION CAME FROM VEINS IN THE CULVER GULCH AREA. TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS

Comment (Development): IN 1992 MONTANA D'ORO WAS EXPLORING VEINS IN SECS. 1-3 IN AND NEAR BLEWETT CAMP

Comment (Commodity): GOLD OCCURS AS FLAKES OR WIRE-LIKE FORMS

References

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1943, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 9, P. 10

Reference (Deposit): WEAVER, C.E., 1911, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BLEWETT MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 6, P. 84-89.

Reference (Deposit): CULVER, H.E., AND BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, P. 13.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR-25, SCALE 1: 3,168,000.

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. 8.

Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., GULICK, C.W., LINGLEY, W.S., JR., 1993, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1992: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 21, NO. 1, P. 3-25.

Reference (Production): DERKEY AND OTHERS, 1990

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. 110.

Reference (Deposit): HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST : SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, 116 P.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 366.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA.

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