Mine detail: Apache Mine

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Location: Okanogan County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 48.15678, -119.01864
dep_id: 10041552
mrds_id: M056638
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Gold, Lead
Trace mineral: Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite
gangue: Quartz, Rhodochrosite
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Underground
alteration: Sericitization Of Granite
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Replacement
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Unknown, Lawson, William A.
hrock_type: Granite
arock_unit: Colville Batholith
arock_type: Granite
Structure: The Major Shear Zone Is Displaced A Foot Or More In Several Places By Cross-Fractures Which Lead Out Erradically Into The Granite.
Year first produced: 1911
References:
  • Deposit:: WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 300.
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 677, P. 72-74
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