Central

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Central
Secondary: Trinidad

Commodity

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

Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan

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: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade 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: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): IN 1918, 30 TONS OF ORE THAT AVERAGED $12/TON AG AND AU WERE SHIPPED FROM THE 32-FT LEVEL OF THE SHAFT (MOEN, 1973).

Comment (Geology): ACCORDING TO RINEHART AND FOX (1976) AND STOFFEL (1990), THE DEPOSIT IS WITHIN CRYSTAL-LITHIC AND CRYSTAL TUFF OF EOCENE AGE INTRUDED BY A NORTHWEST-TRENDING DACITIC DIKE.

Comment (Deposit): A SHAFT HAS BEEN SUNK 50 FEET ON THE DIKE, AND DRIFTS WERE DRIVEN AT 32 AND 50 FEET BELOW THE COLLAR OF THE SHAFT (MOEN, 1973, P. 37). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): ELEVATION 2000 FEET, 8.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TONASKET; BY THE SOUTH SHORE OF TURTLE LAKE.

References

Reference (Deposit): WDGER OF 90-18

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): RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1976, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE CONCONULLY QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1402, 58 P., 1 PL.

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): HOLDER, R.W.; GAYLORD, D.R.; HOLDER, G.A.M., 1989, PLUTONISM, VOLCANISM, AND SEDIMENTATION ASSOCIATED WITH GRABEN AND 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.

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