Gold Ridge Claims

The Gold Ridge Claims is a gold, zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 6,201 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Gold Ridge Claims

Commodity

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

Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Slate Creek District

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: Gold Ridge Mining Co.
Years: 1902 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1893
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: JOINTS AND SHEAR ZONES

Form: JOINTS AND SHEAR ZONES

Form: JOINTS AND SHEAR ZONES

Form: JOINTS AND SHEAR ZONES

Structure

Type: L
Description: Joints And Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local Serpentinization Of Host Rock

Rocks

Name: Arkose
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Arkose
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: STAATZ AND OTHERS GIVE MANY ANALYSES. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE 0.28 OZ/TON AU, 2 OZ/TON AG, 2.4% PB, 2% ZN, 0.08% CU

Materials

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

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SUBMARGINAL MATERIAL ESTIMATED TO BE 5,000 TO 8,000 TONS AT 0.06 OZ/TON AU, 1.4 OZ/TON AG, 0.24% CU (STAATZ AND OTHERS)

Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE TWO RECORDS FOR GOLD RIDGE CLAIMS WHICH APPEAR TO REFER TO THE SAME SET OF CLAIMS BUT THE LOCATION IS SO UNCERTAIN AS STATED IN THE REFERENCES THAT THIS CANNOT BE RESOLVED AND WAS THUS LEFT AS TWO RECORDS. SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700041

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. STAATZ AND OTHERS ARE UNCERTAIN WHETHER THE WORKINGS THEY DESCRIBE ARE ACTUALLY GOLD RIDGE CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): WIDTH IS THICKEST VEIN; SHEAR ZONES ARE WIDER - TO 5 FT

Comment (Workings): 7 ADITS, 1 PIT

References

Reference (Deposit): STOFFEL, K.L., AND MCGRODER, M.G., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MTN. 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, SCALE 1:100,000.

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. 177.

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, V. 1, PT 2, P. 86-87.

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. 136-142.

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