Washington · Okanogan County
Past Producer

Lucky Knock

Okanogan County, Washington, United States
Antimony
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Commodities
PrimaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlStibnite Crystals Are Found In Veinlets In Fracture And Generally Silicified Limestone Beds And In Faults In The Limestone Beds Overlying Phyllitic Beds. Stibnite Sometimes Is Present Along Bedding Planes In Limestone, And In Some Places, The Stibnite Replaces The Limestone (Purdy, 1951, P. 99-101).
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPhyllite,Limestone
StructureSediments Of The Spectacle Formation Were Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10056006
MRDS IDSP00247
Alternate namesLawrence
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.77095, -119.48673
References
DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.PATTY, E.N.; GLOVER, S.L., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, WITH STATISTICS FOR 1919: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 21, 155 P., 1 PL.PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, 186 P.PURDY, C.P., JR., 1952, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1952: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 20, 75 P.SHEDD, SOLON, 1924, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON WITH STATISTICS FOR 1922; WITH AN ARTICLE ON COAL AND COKE, BY G.W. EVANS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, 224 P.STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OROVILLE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 90-11, 58 P., 1 PL.UMPLEBY, J.B., 1911, PART I.-- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT; PART II. -- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OROVILLE-NIGHTHAWK MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, 111 P.WHITE, D.E., 1962, ANTIMONY IN THE UNITED STATES (EXCLUSIVE OF ALASKA AND HAWAII): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR-20, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:3,168,000, WITH 6 P. TEXT.