The Friday Claims is a gold and silver mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Friday Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Friday Claims
Secondary: Tom Hal
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Squaw Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. J. Sullivan
Home Office: Pateros, Wa.
Years: 1942 -
Production
Year: 1940
Material type: ORE AU AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Probably About 0.56 Oz Au And 1.3 Oz Ag Per Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
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: ASSAY: 10 TONS SELECTED ORE YIELDED $70 PER TON PRIOR TO 1902.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): $5000 PRE-1897, CARLOAD IN 1940
Comment (Development): CROSSCUT, WINZE, AND DRIFTS
Comment (Workings): 110 FT CROSSCUT, 100 FT WINZE, 240 FT OF DRIFTS.
Comment (Deposit): 5 CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 139
Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1956
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