Lead Horse Claim

The Lead Horse Claim is a silver and lead mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 6,499 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

Name: Lead Horse Claim  

State:  Washington

County:  Okanogan

Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 48.80083, -120.33333

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Lead Horse Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lead Horse Claim


Commodity

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


Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Billy Goat Mountain Area


Land Status

Land ownership: National Wilderness
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 Pasayten Wilderness In Okanogan National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Fred Floyd, Mr. Eddy, And Mr. Star
Years: 1965 -


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: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Form: VEIN


Structure

Type: L
Description: Breccia Is Faulted


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching Along Joints


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: HIGH GRADE SAMPLE ASSAYED 31% PB, 6.7 OZ/TON AG. SAMPLE OF MAIN FAULT CONTAINED 0.01 OZ/TON AU, 4.3 OZ/TON AG, 0.37% CU. STOCKPILE SAMPLE CONTAINED TR AU, 12.4 OZ/TON AG, 0.9% CU, 7.85% PB, 0.9% ZN


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON SOUTHWEST FLANK OF BILLY GOAT MOUNTAIN

Comment (Workings): 2 SHORT ADITS, SEVERAL CUTS

Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS MAY BE AS OLD AS JURASSIC


References

Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., WEIS, P.L., TABOR, R.W., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., PATTEE, E.C., AND HOLT, D.C., 1971, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PASAYTEN WILDERNESS AREA, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1325, P. 109-111


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