Okanogan Free Gold

The Okanogan Free Gold is a gold, silver, zinc, and lead mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 1,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Okanogan Free Gold
Secondary: Owasco
Secondary: Allison;

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead

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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Marine Sedimentary Rocks Of The Spectacle Formation Formed Along And Active Continental Margin.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THREE ADITS AND A GLORY HOLE WERE DEVELOPED AT THE PROPERTY (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 145). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1914, 1918, 1936, AND 1938-1939 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 145).

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT IS IN LIMESTONE, QUARTZITE, AND SCHIST OF THE PERMIAN SPECTACLE FORMATION (FOX, 1970, GEOL. MAP).

References

Reference (Deposit): WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, 1941, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING PROPERTIES: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7, 74 P.

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): 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): 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): FOX, K.F., JR., 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OROVILLE QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 70-128, 3 SHEETS, SCALE 1:62,500.

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): HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, 116 P. [FACSIMILE REPRINTED 1967 IN TWO VOLUMES, MINING IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON, AND, MINING IN WESTERN WASHINGTON: SHOREY BOOK STORE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.]

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