Mine detail: Bales Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

48.27789, -120.10839

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Nickel
Ore:	Stibiconite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PODS, LENSES, AND IRREGULAR DISTRIBUTION IN VEIN
Discovery year:	1947

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1951

Geology

Host rock:	Twisp Valley Schist
Host type:	Hornblendite
Structure:	North-Trending Major Fault, Northeast-Trending Shear Zones
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:	Surface Exposure Bleached And Iron Oxide Stained

References

MRDS	M060133
DEP	10042372
Reference	{Deposit:: PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTOIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 104-123.}{Deposit:: BARKSDALE, J.D., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE METHOW VALLEY, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 68, PL. 1.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 18.}{Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 172.}{Production:: MACLAREN (1966)}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P., Peterson, Jocelyn A.