The Crystal Butte is a gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 4,800 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
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Lat, Long: 48.92083, -119.00472
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Crystal Butte MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crystal Butte
Secondary: Crystal Butte Camp
Secondary: Mother Lode;
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Myers Creek, Buckhorn Mtn Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Late Paleozoic Rocks Were Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Felsic Volcanic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Felsic Volcanic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL ADITS WERE DRIVEN INTO THE SOUTH-FACING HILLSIDE AT THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY IS ON PATENTED MINING CLAIMS (MOEN, 1980, P. 44). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE PERMIAN SPECTACLE FORMATION WERE INTRUDED BY QUARTZ-PLAGIOCLASE PORPHYRITIC INTRUSIVE ROCK OF MESOZOIC AGE (MOEN, 1980, P. 45).
Comment (Production): A MILL WAS BUILT IN 1908, BUT THERE IS NO RECORD THAT THE MILL PRODUCED CONCENTRATE. A SMALL-SCALE MINING OPERATION WAS CARRIED OUT FROM 1937-1941; THIS RESULTED IN SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE BEING SHIPPED TO THE SMELTER IN TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND TO THE BUNKER HILL SMELTER IN IDAHO. A FEW SHIPMENTS RAN AS HIGH AS 1 OZ/TON AU, 33 OZ/TON AG, AND 28% PB. THE MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 1941 (MOEN, 1980, P. 44-45).
References
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., 1980, MYERS CREEK AND WAUCONDA MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHEASTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 73, 96 P., 6 PL.
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J.B., 1911, PART I.-- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT; PART II. -- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OROVILLE-NIGHTHAWK MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, 111 P.
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.
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