The Little Chief Group is a silver and gold mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Little Chief Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Chief Group
Secondary: Double Header
Secondary: Grand Coulee
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: To A Moderate Degree The Lode Is The Lode Is Sheared And Fractured By Post-Mineral Movement.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Granite Is Sericitized
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: .09 TO .31 OZ AU, 77.7 TO 590 OZ AG
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Stephanite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 3000 FT OF WORKINGS ON 3 LEVELS INCLUDE 3 ADITS, AN 80 FT SHAFT, AND 7 STOPES.
Comment (Deposit): 18 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Commodity): PRODUCTION MORE THAN $10,000 BY 1921 ADDITIONAL 1937, 1954
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION ALSO IN 1937 AND 1954.
Comment (Development): SHAFT, ADITS, AND STOPES. DEVELOPMENT IN 1956, 1967, 1969, AND 1970.
References
Reference (Production): WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 306; USGS BULL 677, P. 74
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 306.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 677, P. 74, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG IC 46, P. 20
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