Apache

The Apache is a silver, gold, lead, manganese, zinc, and copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Apache

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Nespelem

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN WAS ACCESSED BY SEVERAL ADITS (BROCH, 1979). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): ESTIMATED PRODUCTION FROM 1911 TO 1940 WAS ABOUT $250,000 IN AG, AND $200,000 IN AU. SHIPMENTS TO THE TACOMA SMELTER IN 1911 CONTAINED ABOUT $350/TON AU AND AG. SMALL HAND-SORTED, HIGH-GRADE SHIPMENTS CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 2,444 OZ/TON AG. THE BULK OF THE ORE AVERAGED 10-20 OZ/TON AG AND WAS CONCENTRATED AT THE GREAT METALS MILL NEAR NESPELEM FALLS PRIOR TO SHIPMENT TO THE SMELTER (MOEN, 1976, P. 129).

Comment (Geology): THE VEINS ARE IN A SHEAR ZONE IN THE (PALEOCENE?)-EOCENE PORPHYRITIC GRANODIORITE OF MANILA CREEK.

References

Reference (Deposit): GULICK, C.W.; KOROSEC, M.A., COMPILERS, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OMAK 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-12, 52 P., 1 PL.

Reference (Deposit): HOLDER, R.W.; HOLDER, G.A.M., 1988, THE COLVILLE BATHOLITH - TERTIARY PLUTONISM IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON ASSOCIATED WITH GRABEN AND CORE COMPLEX (GNEISS DOME) FORMATION: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 100, NO. 12, P. 1971-1980.

Reference (Deposit): BROCH, M.J., 1979, IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RIDGE AREA (MOSES MINING DISTRICT), COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS, 204 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): MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188 P.

Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T., 1918, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 677, 186 P., 1 PL.

Reference (Deposit): WDGER OF 90-18

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