Gold Axe

The Gold Axe is a gold, copper, silver, and iron mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 5,279 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

Name: Gold Axe  

State:  Washington

County:  Okanogan

Elevation: 5,279 Feet (1,609 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Copper, Silver, Iron

Lat, Long: 48.95111, -118.98028

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Gold Axe MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gold Axe
Secondary: Buckhorn Mountain Project
Secondary: Crown Jewel


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Iron


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: The Kobau Formation Was Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin Proximal To An Island Arc.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Magnetite


Comments

Comment (Production): SPORADIC PRODUCTION OF COPPER AND GOLD FROM 1910 TO 1934; TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY DID NOT EXCEED 5000 TONS (MOEN, 1980, P. 47). HANDY (1916, P. 8) REPORTS THAT SIX CARLOADS OF ORE CONTAINING $10-$20/TON IN AU AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF SILVER WERE SHIPPED. HUNTTING (1956, P. 139) REPORTS 16 OR 17 CARLOADS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED IN 1914-1915.

Comment (Geology): THE JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN PLUTON INTRUDED AND CONTACT METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONES AND GREENSTONES OF THE PERMIAN OR TRIASSIC (?) KOBAU FORMATION.

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF AN ADIT AND MANY PROSPECT PITS. DRILLED BY CROWN RESOURCES CORP. IN 1989 AND BY BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD IN 1990. THE PROPERTY IS PART OF A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN CROWN RESOURCES AND BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD AND IS KNOWN AS THE BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN DEPOSIT (1990). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): HANDY, F.M., 1916, AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN OKANOGAN COUNTY: STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 100, 27P.

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): STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OROVILLE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 90-11, 58 P., 1 PL.

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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