Summit

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Summit
Secondary: Alice

Commodity

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

Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Palmer Mtn.

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 Palmer Mountain Greenstone Wa Deposited Along A Convergent Continental Margin Proximal To An Island Arc.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): EXPL.COM: 26 MINES FOR EXPLORATION ; TOTAL$: 1

Comment (Deposit): MESOTHERMALS (1) FERRUGINOUS ORE ASSAY 179 OZ/TON AG. (2) ASSAYED 143.36 TO 1254.4 OZ/TON AG, BUT ONLY A SMALL QUANTITY OF ORE WAS EXTRACTED.

Comment (Production): CONCENTRATES RECOVERED FROM 85 TONS OF ORE IN 1937 WERE WORTH $1538.00; TOTAL PRODUCTION IN 1937 WAS ABOUT $1900.00 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 149).

Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS IN GREENSTONE AND METAGABBRO OF THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC PALMER MOUNTIAN GREENSTONE (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972).

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT WAS DEVELOPED BY THREE SHAFTS TOTALING 420 FEET AND FIVE ADITS TOTALING 1200 FEET (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 149). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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.

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