Mine detail: Fourth of July Mine

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Location: Okanogan County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 48.47733, -119.72839
dep_id: 10041538
mrds_id: M056618
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Gold, Lead
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Silver, Stephanite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: ORE SHOOTS
work_type: Unknown
ore_ctrl: Vein Parallels Granodiorite-Gneiss Contact That Is Sveral Hundred Ft To The West Of The Site.
Reporter: Mccoy, Gail, Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.)
hrock_unit: Salmon Creek
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Similkameen Batholith
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Small Faults Parallel And Oblique To The Vein
Year first produced: 1889
yr_lst_prd: 1967
disc_yr: 1887
discr: R. Dilderback
References:
  • Deposit:: WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 303.
  • Deposit:: WASH. DMG IC 48, P. 16
  • Deposit:: WASH. DMG IC 49, P. 8, 13-14
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 640, P. 32
  • Production:: MOEN, 1973
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