Stibnite Prospect

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodity Antimony
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 10009057
MRDS ID D001695
Record type Site
Current site name Stibnite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.18757, 48.21261 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.65 MI NORTHEAST OF FOGGY DEW CAMPGROUND, Estimated At Given Elevation Northeast Of Foggy Dew Campground

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hungry Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Methow(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 Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 021E 03 NE4 OF SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.18757, 48.21261

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N85E
    Dip 85SE
    Thickness 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEARBY IS HORNBLENDE FELSITE PORPHYRY. GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS AREA TO BE UNDERLAIN BY ROCKS OF THE NEWBY GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Creek Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Okanogan National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 10 FT TRENCH

Comments on development

  • ABANDONED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES IN WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 125-126.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    BUNNING, B.B., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE TWISP 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-9, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 FT SHEAR ZONE MINERALIZED OVER 1 FT. NO ORE IN SIGHT
Deposit LAT. & 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.