The Antimony Queen is a lead, zinc, tungsten, silver, antimony, and gold mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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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:
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Silver, Antimony, Gold
Lat, Long: 48.20111, -120.17972
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Antimony Queen MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Antimony Queen
Secondary: New Deal
Secondary: Dixie Queen
Secondary: Reedy
Secondary: Silver Seal;
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Silver
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Gold Creek Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ELEVATION 2000 FT., 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF METHOW, 4.5 MILES UP COPPER CREEK FROM THE METHOW HIGHWAY.
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS EXTRACTED AND MAY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED IN 1906. ABOUT 10 YEARS LATER, 1000 TONS OF STIBNITE ORE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF ANTIMONY OXIDE, WHICH HAD BEEN MANUFACTURED IN A SMALL PLANT NEAR THE MINE, WERE SHIPPED. ABOUT 2/3 OF A CARLOAD OF ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1941 (PURDY, 1951, P. 109).
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IS IN VEINS IN THE GRAYWACKE AND ARGILLITE OF THE JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS NEWBY GROUP (BUNNING, 1990).
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY THREE MAIN ADITS AND ABOUT 1000 FEET OF WORKINGS (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 18). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BARKSDALE, J.D., 1948, STRATIGRAPHY IN THE METHOW QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: NORHTWEST SCIENCE, V. 22, NO. 4, P. 164-176.
Reference (Deposit): BUNNING, B.B., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE TWISP 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-9, 51 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, 186 P.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OF 90-18
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