Congress

Occurrence in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Nickel, Cobalt, Copper, Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041303
MRDS ID M056283
Record type Site
Current site name Congress

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.61696, 48.22706 (WGS84)
Relative position 11 MI NNE OF KELLER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frosty Meadow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sanpoil(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 33E 35 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result .53% NI, .02% CO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.61696, 48.22706

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Contacts

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

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.