Turk Mine

The Turk Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 3,399 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Turk Mine  

State:  Washington

County:  Stevens

Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 48.04806, -118.08222

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Turk Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Turk Mine
Secondary: High Grade
Secondary: Lucky Boy
Secondary: Reardon Copper


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Deer Trail District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Alpine Uranium Corp.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Discovery Year: 1881
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Okanogan Highlands


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Steeply Dipping Ne-Trending Strata

Type: L
Description: Ne And Nw-Trending Fault Zones


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TYPICAL ASSAYS ARE 9% CU, 2 OZ/TON AG, 0.1 OZ/TON AU


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Production): MINE WELL DEVELOPED BY 1914 (WEAVER, C. E., 1920) SO UNDOUBTEDLY CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION RESULTED FOR WHICH THERE IS NO RECORD. PRODUCTION YEARS 1916 - 1919 , 1927 , 1929.

Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY 3 ADITS AND ALL HAVE BEEN CONNECTED BY STOPES ALONG THE VEIN. PRODUCTION FROM 2 LENTICULAR ORE BODIES WHICH ARE CONNECTED BY A NARROW RIBBON-LIKE NECK OF ORE. SEVERAL HUNDRED FT TO BOTTOM OF DEPOSIT.

Comment (Deposit): GRANODIORITE CROPS OUT ABOUT A MILE TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE WEST AND PROBABLY UNDERLIES MINE AT SHALLOW DEPTH


References

Reference (Deposit): WEAVER, C. E., 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 203-204

Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E. N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23, P. 146-149

Reference (Production): USBM INFO. CIRC. 7872

Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, A. B. AND RAUP, O. B., 1964, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUNTERS QUADRANGLE, STEVENS AND FERRY COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INV. FLD STUDIES MAP MF-276

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, V. 1, P 104


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