Mikelson Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041490
MRDS ID M056546
Record type Site
Current site name Mikelson Claim
Related records 10253050

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.49339, 48.99678 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oroville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Okanogan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
040N 027E 06 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Kobau
    Rock description Kobau

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.49339, 48.99678

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oroville District; Osoyoos Lake Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner O. Mikelson
    Home office Oroville, Wa.
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • 280 FT ADIT, INCLINED SHAFT, OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • ADIT, SHAFT, OPEN CUTS, CABIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 64, PLATE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPARSELY MINERALIZED QUARTZ STRINGERS IN A SHEARED AND CRUSHED GREENSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Mccoy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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