The Fuller Property is a iron mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 2,300 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 48.07028, -119.91306
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Fuller Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fuller Property
Secondary: Lone Pine Claims
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Squaw Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Fuller, A. D. (Estate)
Years: 1949 -
Owner Name: S. J. Holden
Home Office: Cle Elum, Wa.
Production
Year: 1944
Material type: ORE FE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^About 25 % Fe/Ton (Minimum) To 50 % Fe/Ton
Year: 1943
Material type: ORE FE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Probably A Minimum Of About 25 % Fe/Ton
Year: 1942
Time Period: To 1942
Material type: ORE FE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^About 50 % Fe/Ton.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1944
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LEDGE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Actinolite Body Contains Ore Hornblende, Biotite
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GOOD ORE-57.02% FE, 4.51% SIO2, .05% P2 O5, .097% S, 3.25% TIO2 2 CHANNEL SAMPLES-40.50-24.29% FE, 4.19-3.10% TIO2, .026-.024% P, .038-.004% S, .02-.11% CU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): ADITS AND A QUARRY.
Comment (Commodity): 1000 TONS PRE-1943, 1250 TONS 1943, 1 CARLOAD 1944
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SHEDD AND OTHERS, 1922
Comment (Deposit): MAGNETITE INTIMATELY INTERMIXED WITH HBLENDE AND ACTINOLITE; THE ORE IS COARSE GRAINED AND HAS A SCHISTOSE (APPARENT) APPEARANCE; IT OCCURS IN SEAMS AND LENSES; THE ORE SOMEWHAT GRADES INTO THE WALL ROCK; SULFIDES ARE ASSOC. WITH QUARTZ.
Comment (Workings): 140 FT OF ADITS AND A QUARRY.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SULFIDES ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ
Comment (Deposit): TWO CLAIMS: LONE PINE NOS. 1 AND 2.
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 198.
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DIV. GEOL. BULL 27, P. 67-69, PLATE 1
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