The Reeves Prospect is a antimony mine located in Lewis county, Washington at an elevation of 5,449 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
Elevation: 5,449 Feet (1,661 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 46.76806, -121.44611
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Reeves Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Reeves Prospect
Secondary: Claim: High Jack No. 2
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Washington
County: Lewis
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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 Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibiconite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON CREST OF CASCADES
Comment (Deposit): A HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ZONE 10 FT THICK CONTAINS A 6-8 IN. THICK BAND OF STIBNITE-BEARING SILICEOUS BRECCIA. A SMALL PART OF THE STIBNITE HAS BEEN OXIDIZED TO GRAYISH-WHITE STIBICONITE.
Comment (Workings): TRENCH, CAVED ADIT
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCK ALTERNATIVELY STATED AS BEING GREENSTONE. SIMMONS AND OTHERS SHOW AREA AS BEING UNDERLAIN BY OHANAPECOSH FORMATION AND PUGET GROUP.
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD D001653 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
References
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. 17.
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHIGNTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 91.
Reference (Deposit): SIMMONS, G.C., VAN NOY, R.M., AND ZILKA, N.T., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COUGAR LAKES-MOUNT AIX STUDY AREA, YAKIMA AND LEWIS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1504, 81 P..
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