Bodie

The Bodie is a gold, silver, and iron mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bodie
Secondary: Northern Gold

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Iron

Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Wauconda

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite

Comments

Comment (Location): ELEVATION 3000 FEET

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT IS IN THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORMATION. WHOLE-ROCK GEOCHEMISTRY SUGGESTS THAT THE ROCK IS A RHYOLITE; HOWEVER, THIN SECTION WORK BY STOFFEL (1990) SUGGESTS THAT ALTERED MAFIC MINERALS WERE ORINGINALLY PYROXENES AND THAT THE HIGH SILICA CONTENT OF THE ROCK MAY BE DUE TO THE ADDITION OF SILICA IN THE FORM OF STRINGERS AND VEINLETS.

Comment (Deposit): MOST OF THE MINING TOOK PLACE ON THE BODIE NO. 1 CLAIM. AT LEAST 10,000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORK ON FIVE MAIN CROSSCUT ADITS PENETRATE THE BRECCIA AND INTERSECT THE VEIN. A GLORY HOLE MINED RICH PARTS OF THE BODIE VEIN AT THE SURFACE (MOEN, 1980, P. 74). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): A 10-STAMP AMALGAMATION-CYANIDE MILL PROCESSED APPROXIMATELY 15,000 TONS OF GOLD ORE FROM 1902-1916. IN 1930 A 70 TON/DAY MILL WAS BUILT TO RECOVER FREE GOLD AND LOW-GRADE ORE THAT CONTAINED ABOUT 0.65 OZ/TON AU AND 0.60 OZ/TON AG. IN 1938, THE CAPACITY OF THE MILL WAS INCREASED TO 125 TONS/DAY, AND CYANIDATION AND FLOATATION CIRCUITS WERE ADDED. MINING AND MILLING WERE CARRIED OUT UNTIL 1944, WITH AS MANY AS 40 MINERS WORKING THREE SHIFTS AND PRODUCING AS MUCH AS $1500 OF AU AND AU A DAY. FROM 1930-1944, ABOUT 50,000 TONS OF ORE VALUED AT ABOUT $280,000 WAS MININED.

References

Reference (Deposit): WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, 1941, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON METALLIC MINING PROPERTIES: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7, 74 P.

Reference (Deposit): HOLDER, R.W;, GAYLORD, D.R.; HOLDER, G.A.M., 1989, PLUTONISM, VULCANISM, AND SEDIMENTATION ASSOCIATED WITH CORE COMPLEX AND GRABEN DEVELOPMENT IN THE CENTRAL OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS, WASHINGTON. IN JOSEPH, N.L.; AND OTHERS, EDITORS, 1989, GEOLOGIC GUIDEBOOK FOR WASHINGTON AND ADJACENT AREAS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 86, P. 187-200.

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): MCFARLAND, C.R., MCLUCAS, G.B., RIGBY, J.G., STOFFEL, K.L., 1979, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1979: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 69, 100 P.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1980, MYERS CREEK AND WAUCONDA MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHEASTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 73, 96 P., 6 PL.

Reference (Deposit): STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REPUBLIC 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-10, 62 P., 1 PL.

Reference (Deposit): WDGER OF 90-18

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