Mine detail: Gold Axe Mine

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Location: Okanogan County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 48.95067, -118.98032
dep_id: 10041575
mrds_id: M056669
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Copper, Silver
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Magnetite, Pyrite
gangue: Calcite, Epidote
orebody_fm: LENSES
alteration: Gouge Is Bright Reddish-Yellow Due To Oxidation Of Fe Minerals.
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solution
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Greene, Robert, Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.)
hrock_unit: Kobau
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Buckhorn
arock_type: Diorite
Year first produced: 1910
yr_lst_prd: 1934
References:
  • Deposit:: WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 198.
  • Deposit:: WASH. DGER BULL 73, P. 47-48
  • Production:: MOEN, 1980
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