Kaaba

The Kaaba is a zinc, copper, gold, tungsten, molybdenum, lead, and silver mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 2,500 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Kaaba
Secondary: Caaba
Secondary: Kaaba-Texas;

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Nighthawk

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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

Type: R
Description: The Similkameen Batholith Is A Concentrically Zoned Plutonic Suite With Early Mafic Alkalic Rocks Bordering And Being Intruded By Calc-Alkaline Granitic Rocks. The Undeformed Body Is On The Upper Plate Of The Okanogan Valley Fault (Buddington And Burmester, 1990).

Alterations

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Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCED IN 1918 AND 1943-1951; TOTAL IS ABOUT 205,000 OZ. OF AG. FROM 1943-1946 THE MINE PRODUCED 135,973 OZ. AG, 1,357,185 LB. PB, 506,050 LB. ZN, AND 99,410 LB. CU (MOEN, 1976, P. 123)

Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS IN THE GRANODIORITE OF THE SIMILKAMEEN COMPOSITE PLUTON OF JURASSIC AGE.

Comment (Deposit): AN INCLINED SHAFT IS 300-FT LONG WITH 1100-FT OF DRIFTS ON FOUR LEVELS; MORE THAN HALF THE DRIFTING IS ON THE THIRD LEVEL. A 150-TON/DAY FLOTATION MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 220). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LOOMIS QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 64, 124 P., 3 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.

Reference (Deposit): BUDDINGTON, A.M.; BURMESTER, R.F., 1990, THE SIMILKAMEEN BATHOLITH: A MID-JURASSIC, POST-TECTONIC COMPLEX IN THE QUESNEL TERRANE, NORTH-CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA [ABSTRACT]: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 22, NO. 3, P. 10-11.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188 P.

Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.

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.

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