Gwin

Prospect in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Tungsten
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041149
MRDS ID M056082
Record type Site
Current site name Gwin
Alternate or previous names Hall Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.23473, 48.29318 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 1.8 MI WSW OF INCHELIUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inchelium(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
32N 36E 11 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAY HAVE PRODUCED SOME AG AND W

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3% CU, 27.7 OZ AG, .049 OZ AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.23473, 48.29318

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Covada

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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