Nighthawk Mine, Nighthawk Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Nighthawk Mine | Mine |
| Nighthawk Mining District | Mining District |
| Okanogan County | County |
| Washington | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
48° 57' 45'' North , 119° 38' 18'' West
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A lead-silver mine south of Nighthawk. It was developed by a 1770' long adit and has some production.
Structure: The Similkameen Batholith Is A Concentrically Zoned Plutonic Body With Early Mafic Alkalic Rocks Bordering And Intruded By Calc-Alkaline Granitic Rocks. The Complex Is Undeformed And On The Upper Plate Of The Okanogan Valley Fault (Buddington And Burmester, 1990).
Deposit: The deposit was developed by a 1700 ft adit (rinehart and fox, 1972). ; info.src : 1 pub lit
Geology: In the jurassic similkameen composite pluton (rinehart and fox, 1972, geol. Map).
Ore(s): Irregular Mineralized Bodies Of Friable Quartz, Which Are Commonly Mixed With Gouge, Occur Along The Margins Of A Brecciated Zone In The Granodiorite. The Principal Ore Has Beeb Mixed From Near The Hanging Wall; The Contact With The Granodiorite On The Hanging Wall Is Sharp, But It Is Gradational On The Footwall. The Brecciated Zone Is As Much As 100 Feet Wide At One Place (Umpleby, 1911, P. 90).
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3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
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| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10104289 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Cascade RangeMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Okanagan TerraneOphiolite Complex
- Western Quesnellia DomainDomain
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