Mohawk

The Mohawk is a zinc, silver, lead, and copper 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: Mohawk
Secondary: Silver Peak
Secondary: Sunny Peak
Secondary: Chief Sunshine;

Commodity

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

Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Salmon River Mining

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
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 Conconully Pluton Is A Directionless Post-Tectonic Body That Was Intruded Into A Major Structural Zone (Stoffel, K.L., Dger, Oral Commun., 1990).

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS IN THE BIOTITE- AND HORNBLENDE-BEARING CONCONULLY PLUTON OF CRETACEOUS AGE (STOFFEL, 1990).

Comment (Deposit): TWO ADITS WERE WORKED AT THE PROPERTY (MOEN, 1973, P. 24). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): THE MINE WAS WORKED AS EARLY AS 1890, BUT MINING CEASED DURING THE SILVER PANIC OF 1893. BETWEEN 1951 AND 1954, ORE THAT CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 60 OZ/TON AG WAS PRODUCED. IN 1961 AND 1967, SMALL SHIPMENTS OF SILVER ORE WERE MADE TO THE COMINCO SMELTER IN TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MOEN, 1973).

References

Reference (Deposit): JONES, E.L., JR., 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): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, 186 P.

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.

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.

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