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Squaw Saddle

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodity Mercury
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040156
MRDS ID M054839
Record type Site
Current site name Squaw Saddle
Related records 10204050

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.33139, 47.39833 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ON WESTERN OUTSKIRTS OF WENATCHEE, Estimated On One Of Several Prospects Shown Near Center Sec. 16 On Squaw Saddle

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Columbia-Entiat(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022N 020E 16 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON SQUAW SADDLE MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Chumstick Formation
    Rock description Chumstick Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.33139, 47.39833
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILLS AND DIKES ARE ALSO PRESENT IN AREA OF PROSPECT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blewett District

Land status

Ownership category Private

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., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 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

    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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-04-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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