Nevada

The Nevada is a lead, copper, antimony, and silver 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

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Site Name

Primary: Nevada
Secondary: War Eagle
Secondary: Peacock;

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan

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

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Late Triassic Rocks Of The Area Formed In An Active Margin Setting. The Conconully Pluton Is A Directionless, Post-Tectonic Pluton That Was Intruded Into A Major Structural Zone (Stoffel, K.L., Dger, 1990, Oral Commun.).

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Stromeyerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): IN 1901 A CARLOAD OF ORE WAS SHIPPED TO A SMELTER; $10/TON WAS RECEIVED. IN 1923-24 SEVERAL SMALL SHIPMENTS OF LEAD AND COPPER ORE WERE MADE; HOWEVER, RETURNS FROM THE SMELTER DID NOT EXCEED MINING COSTS. IN 1957 ORE WAS CONCENTRATED AT A FLOTATION MILL IN OMAK AND SHIPPED TO THE SMELTER (MOEN, 1973, P. 20).

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT IS IN HORNBLENDE- AND BIOTITE-BEARING SCHIST AND QUARTZ DIORITE GNEISS NEAR THE CONTACT WITH THE CONCONULLY PLUTON OF CRETACEOUS AGE, ACCORDING TO MOEN (1973). THE DEPOSIT IS SHOWN AS BEING WITHIN THE METAMORPHIC COMPLEX OF CONCONULLY BY STOFFEL (1990) AND IS SHOWN BY RINEHART (1981) TO BE AT THE CONTACT OF THE CONCONULLY PLUTON OF CRETACEOUS AGE AND METASEDIMENTARY AND METAVOLCANIC ROCKS OF PERMIAN AND TRIASSIC AGE THAT ARE ELSEWHERE (RINEHART AND FOX, 1976) SHOWN AS THE METAMORPHIC COMPLEX OF CONCONULLY.

Comment (Deposit): UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AT THE NEVADA MINE CONSISTED OF FOUR SHAFTS, THE DEEPEST WHICH IS 220 FEET, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS, AND A 1000-FT ADIT (MOEN, 1973). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

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): 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., 1973, CONCONULLY MINING DISTRICT OF OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 49, 42 P.

Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, 186 P.

Reference (Deposit): RINEHART, C.D., 1981, RECONNAISSANCE GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY OF GULLY AND STREAM SEDIMENTS, AND GEOLOGIC SUMMARY, IN PART OF THE OKANOGAN RANGE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 74, 24 P., 3 PL.

Reference (Deposit): RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1976, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE CONCONULLY QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1402, 58 P., 1 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.

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