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Bales Mine, Methow Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
48° 16' 41'' North , 120° 6' 24'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
48.27806,-120.10694
GRN:
N33W58
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Dsb : Warm, dry-summer continental climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Twisp942 (2017)9.6km
Winthrop420 (2017)23.0km
Pateros668 (2017)29.4km
Malott487 (2011)29.6km
Brewster2,354 (2017)31.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
19334
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:19334:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


An antimony mine located 2 miles NE of Carlton that worked veins to 2' wide in altered and silicified zones up to 7' wide in diorite, greenstone, and argillite. It produced ore in 1951-52 and features surface trenching, crosscut with 120'drift and stope and a 110' adit.
Structure: North-Trending Major Fault Northeast-Trending Shear Zones

Alteration: Surface Exposure Bleached And Iron Oxide Stained

Tectonics: Cascade Volcanic Arc

Deposit: Altered and silicified shear zones containing disseminated and massive stibnite. Mrds record d001661 has been merged with this record and deleted

Deposit type: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Rock formation(s): Twisp Valley Schist


Ore(s): Northeast-Trending Zone Of Shearing In Limy Schists.

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4 valid minerals.

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ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Stibiconite
Formula: Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)
ⓘ Stibnite
Formula: Sb2S3

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘStibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz
var. Chalcedony		4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘ4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘStibiconite4.DH.20Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Unclassified
ⓘ'Chlorite Group'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ StibiconiteSb3+Sb25+O6(OH)
CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ StibiconiteSb3+Sb25+O6(OH)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ StibniteSb2S3
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
SbAntimony
Sbⓘ StibiconiteSb3+Sb25+O6(OH)
Sbⓘ StibniteSb2S3

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References

Purdy, C. Phillips Jnr (1951) Antimony Occurrences of Washington, Bulletin No.39, Division of Mines and Geology, Department of Conservation and Development. 1-188
Valentine, Grant M., Huntting, Marshall T. (1960) Part II - Metallic Minerals, in Inventory of Washington Minerals. Vol II. Bulletin 37, Washington Geological Survey.
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