Panama Mine, Nespelem Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Panama Mine | Mine |
| Nespelem Mining District | Mining District |
| Okanogan County | County |
| Washington | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
48° 9' 16'' North , 119° 1' 40'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nespelem Community | 253 (2011) | 1.9km |
| Nespelem | 256 (2017) | 4.2km |
| Elmer City | 240 (2017) | 18.2km |
| Coulee Dam | 1,093 (2017) | 21.4km |
| Grand Coulee | 1,043 (2017) | 23.7km |
A silver mine 4 miles west of Nespelem on Hobo Hill. It worked quartz veins along fracture zones ion altered granite. The main zone is about 4' wide and carries an 8" quartz vein. Development includes a 30' crosscut, 30' drift and a 35' stope on the upper level, a 170' crosscut and a 150' drift on the middle level connected to the upper level by a raise and stope, and a 155' crosscut and 220' of drifts on the lower level. It produced 12 tons of ore in 1919, 11 tons in 1926, and 13 tons of ore in 1936.
The ore was shipped to the Tacoma Smelter http://www.mindat.org/loc.php?loc=52739
Structure: The Porphyritic Granodiorite Of Manila Creek Is Part Of The Keller Butte Suite Of Holder And Holder (1988). Rocks Of The Keller Butte Suite Were Emplaced During Regional Ductile Stretching That Resulted In The Deformation Associated With The Metamorphic Core Complexes (Holder And Holder, 1988).
Geology: The veins are in the (paleocene?)-eocene porphyritic granodiorite of manila creek (gulick and korosec, 1990, geol. Map).
Ore(s): Quartz Lenses And Veins Are Present In A 4-Ft-Wide Shear Zone In The Granodiorite (Moen, 1976). The Vein May Be Crosscut By An Eocene Hypabyssal Dacite Dike ( Colville Confederated Tribes, 1984).
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6 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Acanthite Formula: Ag2S Habit: waxy coatings |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Silver Formula: Ag |
| ⓘ Stephanite Formula: Ag5SbS4 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Acanthite | 2.BA.35 | Ag2S |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Stephanite | 2.GB.10 | Ag5SbS4 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Stephanite | Ag5SbS4 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
| Ag | ⓘ Silver | Ag |
| Ag | ⓘ Stephanite | Ag5SbS4 |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Stephanite | Ag5SbS4 |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10056019 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Columbia MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Okanogan DomainDomain
- QuesnelliaVolcanic Arc
USA
- Washington
- ⭔Colville Indian ReservationReservation
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