Tough Nut

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

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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

Name: Tough Nut  

State:  Washington

County:  Okanogan

Elevation: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc

Lat, Long: 48.57972, -119.74889

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Tough Nut MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tough Nut


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc


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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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 Triassic Sediments Were Deposited Along An Active Margin Associated With An Island Arc. The Conconully Pluton Is A Directionless, Post-Tectonic Body 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 Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

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

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

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


Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1901 WAS VALUED AT $9000 (MOEN, 1973).

Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS IN QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST OF THE METAMORPHIC COMPLEX OF CONCONULLY NEAR THE CONTACT WITH THE CONCONULLY PLUTON OF CRETACEOUS AGE (STOFFEL, 1990, GEOL. MAP).

Comment (Deposit): THE MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY A 50-FT INCLINED SHAFT AND A 250-FT ADIT WITH A 40-FT WINZE (MOEN, 1973, P. 28). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

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): JONES, E.R., 1917, RECONAISSANCE OF THE CONCONULLY AND RUBY MINING DISTRICTS, WASHINGTON. IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (SHORT PAPERS AND PRELIMINARY REPORTS), 1916-PART I, METALS AND NONMETALS, EXCEPT FUELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 640, P. 11-36.

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): 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.

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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