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Chief Sunshine Claims

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10041529
MRDS ID M056607
Record type Site
Current site name Chief Sunshine Claims
Alternate or previous names Sunshine Chief
Related records 10204309

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.78895, 48.569 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5 MILES WNW OF CONCONCULLY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conconully West(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036N 024E 35 SW OF SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SOUTH END OF MINERAL HILL

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPORADIC SHIPMENTS IN 1937, 1938, 1940, AND 1941.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE SAID TO AVG $20/TON
Result ONE ASSAY SHOWED 94.9 OZ AG, 15-16 % PB, 8.8 % ZN, 3.5-4.5 % CU, AND 0.035 OZ AU (ALL PER TON ?).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Mineral Hill Granodiorite (Part Of Similkameen Batholith)
    Rock description Mineral Hill Granodiorite (Part Of Similkameen Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.78895, 48.569
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Near Lamprophyre Dike.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconcully District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alfred Davidson
    Home office Conconcully, Wa.
    First year 1941

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS: 500 FT AND 360 FT.

Comments on development

  • ADITS; 2 CABINS AND ROAD BUILT IN 1941.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 301

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHORT SECTIONS OF A QUARTZ VEIN ARE HEAVILY MINERALIZED. VEIN AVG ONE FOOT IN WIDTH.
Deposit 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reporter information

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

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