Sunday Morning

Producer in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Antimony, Lead, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009000
MRDS ID D001617
Record type Site
Current site name Sunday Morning

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.58425, 48.21343 (WGS84)
Elevation 329
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.75 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF LUCERNE, Estimated At Lake Shore In Projected Quarter Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucerne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Chelan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 018E 03 NW4 OF SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Swakane Biotite Gneiss;;
    Rock description Swakane Biotite Gneiss;;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.58425, 48.21343

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Thickness 0.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Meadow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness In Wenatchee National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 1 SHIPMENT AT $250/TON. 4600 LB PRIOR TO 1897

Comments on the workings information

  • 70 FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 157.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 287.

  • Deposit

    CATER, F.W., AND WRIGHT, T.L., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LUCERNE QUADRANGLE, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-647, SCALE 1:62,500.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 FT WIDE ZONE OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION WITH 0.5-2 IN. STRINGER OF SPARSELY MINERALIZED QUARTZ
Deposit LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-75 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.