Mine detail: Gold Axe Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

48.95067, -118.98032

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Magnetite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Epidote
Orebody form:	LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1910
Last production ended:	1934

Geology

Host rock:	Kobau
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Buckhorn
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Gouge Is Bright Reddish-Yellow Due To Oxidation Of Fe Minerals.

References

MRDS	M056669
DEP	10041575
Reference	{Deposit:: WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 198.}{Deposit:: WASH. DGER BULL 73, P. 47-48}{Production:: MOEN, 1980}
Reporter	Greene, Robert, Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.)