Prize

The Prize is a lead, silver, gold, and copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 3,199 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Prize
Secondary: Lakeview

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper

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

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCED IN 1906 AND 1913 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 222).

Comment (Location): ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE VALLEY.

Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS IN GREENSTONE AND PHYLLITE OF THE TRIASSIC OR PERMIAN KOBAU FORMATION, WHICH IS CUT BY METAGABBRO AND METADIORITE THAT IS PROBABLY COEVAL WITH THE GREENSTONES (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972).

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): 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): 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): WASHINGTON BUREAU OF STATISTICS, AGRICULTURE, AND IMMIGRATION, 1903, MINES AND MINING: WASHINGTON BUREAU OF STATISTICS, AGRICULTURE, AND IMMIGRATION BIENNIAL REPORT FOR 1903, P. 124-138.

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