The Delate Claim is a mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 48.97778, -119.05667
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Delate Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Delate Claim
Commodity
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Myers Creek District; Chesaw Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Interstate Mining Co.
Years: 1900 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron Staining Along Qtz Vein In Main Adit.
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
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): .5 MILE EAST OF STRAWBERRY LAKE.
Comment (Development): ADITS AND DRIFTS.
Comment (Deposit): QTZ AND CALCITE, WHICH CONTAIN MINOR TO SPARSE ORE MINERALS, OCCUR AS NARROW FILLINGS IN FRACTURES AND FISSURES.
Comment (Workings): MAIN ADIT (NOW CAVED AT PORTAL) IS 150 FT LONG; IT TRENDS N20E FOR 70 FT, THEN N50W FOR 80 FT. ABOUT 70 FT FROM THE PORTAL, THE ADIT INTERSECTS A QTZ VEIN. THE VEIN HAS BEEN DRIFTED UPON IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION FOR 75 FT, AT WHICH POINT A RAISE EXTENDS TO THE SURFACE. ABOUT 250 FT N65W FROM THE MAIN ADIT, A SHAFT 50 FT DEEP HAS BEEN SUNK ON A BULL QTZ VEIN IN GRANODIORITE.
Comment (Geology): SPARSE MINERALIZATION IN QTZ VEIN IN GRANODIORITE.
Comment (Deposit): 6 PATENTED CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 64.
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DGER BULL 73, P. 33-34, PLATE 1, FIG. 3
Reference (Deposit): WASH. GEOL. SUR. BULL 5, P. 52
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