Sullivan

The Sullivan is a silver, copper, and gold 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: Sullivan
Secondary: Pateros

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold

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
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1941
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

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 Methow Gneiss Is A Post-Tectonic Body That Was Originally Intruded At Moderate To Deep Levels And Then Metamorphosed To Amphibolite-Facies Grade Rock (Gulick And Korosec, 1990, P. 38).

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): REPORTEDLY, 60 CARLOADS OF ORE WERE PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1897; THE TOTAL WAS VALUED AT $72,000. SEVEN TONS OF ORE THAT WERE SHIPPED IN 1940 ASSAYED 0.63 OZ/TON AU, 0.80 OZ/TON AG, AND 0.17% CU. ORE WAS ALSO SHIPPED IN 1941 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 149).

Comment (Location): 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PATEROS, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE METHOW RIVER.

Comment (Geology): THE METHOW GNEISS OF CRETACEOUS AGE IS SHEARED AND INTRUDED BY HYPABYSSAL DIKES OF PROBABLE EOCENE AGE NEAR THE DEPOSIT (GULICK AND KORSEC, 1990, GEOL. MAP).

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT MAY BE PART OF THE FRIDAY MINE. THE SULLIVAN MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY 1200 FEET OF WORKINGS ON THREE LEVELS (HUNTTING, 1956). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): GULICK, C.W.; KOROSEC, M.A., COMPILERS, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OMAK 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-12, 52 P., 1 PL.

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.

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