The Okanogan Belle is a silver mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Okanogan Belle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Okanogan Belle
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Conconcully District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: F. S. Hines
Home Office: Tacoma, Wa.
Years: 1892 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 10% PB, 92-95 OZ AG
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): 150 FT CROSSCUT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN CLOSELY FOLLOWS MARGIN OF THE PLUNGING CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE AND OLDER SCHISTOSE ROCKS.
Comment (Location): NORTHERN EXTENSION OF THE EVENING STAR CLAIM (RECORD NO. M056596).
Comment (Geology): EXTENSIVE EXPOSURES OF HORNBLENDE-MICA SCHIST, LIMESTONE, AND QUARTZITE OCCUR IN THE AREA. THESE FORMATIONS WERE DISRUPTED BY THE SIMILKEEN INTRUSION AND CAN BE SEEN AS NUMEROUS INCLUSIONS FROZEN IN THE GRANITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 307.
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DGER BULL. 23, P. 246-249
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