Triune

The Triune is a copper, molybdenum, silver, gold, and lead mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Triune
Secondary: Crescent

Commodity

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

Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Wanacut Lake

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
Year Last Production: 1939
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: The Spectacle Formation Was Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

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

Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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

Comments

Comment (Production): ORE WORTH MORE THAT $300,000 WAS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1938; ALSO PRODUCED IN 1939 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 150).

Comment (Geology): THE VEINS ARE IN METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE SPECTACLE FORMATION ABOVE THE CONTACT WITH THE WHISKY MOUNTAIN PLUTON (UMPLEBY, 1911, P. 98; RINEHART AND FOX, 1972, GEOL. MAP).

Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY CONSISTED OF A 140-FT SHAFT WITH AN ADIT ON THE LOWER LEVEL TOGETHER WITH MORE THAN 2000 FEET OF DRIFTS (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 150). ; 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): 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): 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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