Beauty Creek Lode

The Beauty Creek Lode is a gold and silver mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 5,200 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: Beauty Creek Lode

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
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

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

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: GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP ASSAYED 0.68 OZ/TON AU, 0.7 OZ/TON AG. A VEIN SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.06 OZ/TON AU, 0.3 OZ/TON AG

Materials

Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Comment (Reserve-Resource): DEPOSIT MAY CONTAIN A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF ORE BUT LOW GRADE MAKES DEPOSIT UNECONOMIC (STAATZ AND OTHERS)

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED

Comment (Workings): PROSPECT 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): 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. 129-130.

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