Velma

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Mercury, Nickel, Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040154
MRDS ID M054837
MAS/MILS ID 53007628
Record type Site
Current site name Velma
Related records 10228042

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.74139, 47.4525 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 MI SOUTH OF SNOW LAKES, Estimated In Northern Part Of Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blewett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wenatchee(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)

Alpine Lakes Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 023N 017E 32 N2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH SIDE OF INGALLS CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Garnierite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS AS HIGH AS 0.5% HG. A SELECTED SAMPLE RAN 20% NI

Comments on the analytical data

  • ASSAYS: AS HIGH AS 0.5% HG, AND A SAMPLE RAN 20% NI

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 179
USGS model code 27c
Deposit model name Silica-carbonate Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Rock description Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.74139, 47.4525

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blewett District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Wenatchee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. G. Olds
    Home office Wenatchee
    First year 1952

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 367.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 263.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1943, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 9, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., WAITT, R.B., JR., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., AND BENTLEY, R.D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1311, SCALE 1:100,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1994-08-11 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530070628 = 10228042
Editor 2012-12-04 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10228042.

Beyond USGS

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