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Delate Claim

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041492
MRDS ID M056550
Record type Site
Current site name Delate Claim
Related records 10252714

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.05783, 48.97762 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES NNW OF CHESAW.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chesaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(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 Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 030E 08 N2 OF SE OF SW OF SE OF NW OF SW OF E OF SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • .5 MILE EAST OF STRAWBERRY LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Staining Along Qtz Vein In Main Adit.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Buckhorn Mtn Pluton
    Rock description Buckhorn Mtn Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Kobau
    Rock description Kobau
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.05783, 48.97762
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints, Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPARSE MINERALIZATION IN QTZ VEIN IN GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Myers Creek District; Chesaw Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Interstate Mining Co.
    First year 1900

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN ADIT (NOW CAVED AT PORTAL) IS 150 FT LONG; IT TRENDS N20E FOR 70 FT, THEN N50W FOR 80 FT. ABOUT 70 FT FROM THE PORTAL, THE ADIT INTERSECTS A QTZ VEIN. THE VEIN HAS BEEN DRIFTED UPON IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION FOR 75 FT, AT WHICH POINT A RAISE EXTENDS TO THE SURFACE. ABOUT 250 FT N65W FROM THE MAIN ADIT, A SHAFT 50 FT DEEP HAS BEEN SUNK ON A BULL QTZ VEIN IN GRANODIORITE.

Comments on development

  • ADITS AND DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 64.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DGER BULL 73, P. 33-34, PLATE 1, FIG. 3

  • Deposit

    WASH. GEOL. SUR. BULL 5, P. 52

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 PATENTED CLAIMS.
Deposit QTZ AND CALCITE, WHICH CONTAIN MINOR TO SPARSE ORE MINERALS, OCCUR AS NARROW FILLINGS IN FRACTURES AND FISSURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

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