Panama Group

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041554
MRDS ID M056640
Record type Site
Current site name Panama Group
Related records 10179795

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.02836, 48.15401 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Armstrong Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chief Joseph(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 Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
031N 030E 24,27 W2 OF SW OF NW OF SW OF SE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCED 26 1/4 TONS-1919, 1921, 1936

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Stephanite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 13 TONS AV $40/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Colville Batholith
    Rock description Colville 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) -119.02836, 48.15401

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nespelem

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Grand Coulee Mines, Inc.
    First year 1937
    Last year 1939

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Mccoy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1984 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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