Black Warrior Prospect

The Black Warrior Prospect is a gold mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 5,000 feet.

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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: Black Warrior Prospect
Secondary: Blue Devil

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Horseshoe Basin District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
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 North Cascades National Park.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: George B. Markle, Jr.
Years: 1946 -

Owner Name: Black Warrior Mining Co.
Years: 1946 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1889
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Physiographic Detail: Cascade Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: VEIN, NARROW LENS IN SHEAR ZONE

Structure

Type: L
Description: East Trending-Near Vertical Shear Zone

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVG: 3.44% PB, 4.12% ZN, 0.74% CU, 4.67 OZ/TON AG, 0.026 OZ/TON AU ACROSS 3 FT. ON SURFACE. FACE OF DRIFT ASSAYED 2.01% CU, 2.10% ZN, 1.01%PB, 4.80 OZ/TON AG, 0.02 OZ/TON AU (1948)

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY ADIT CROSSCUT AND DRIFT 220 FT BELOW OUTCROP.

Comment (Development): COMPLEX ORE REQUIRES CONCENTRATION. REMOTENESS OF MINE WILL ADD SIGNIFICANTLY TO MINING COSTS.

Comment (Deposit): SULFIDES FORM LENSES AND STREAKS IN SILICIFIED ZONE AT CONTACT OF GNEISS AND DIABASE DIKE

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. LOCATION GIVEN IN HUNTTING IS PRESUMED TO BE ERRONEOUS

Comment (Commodity): VEIN IN UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CONTAINS MUCH LESS PB THAN WHERE EXPOSED ON SURFACE.

References

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.

Reference (Deposit): LANDES, HENRY, THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A. AND ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, PT. 2, P. 91-92.

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. 47.

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