Fuller Property

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Iron, Copper, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur, Titanium, Metal
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041572
MRDS ID M056665
Record type Site
Current site name Fuller Property
Alternate or previous names Lone Pine Claims
Related records 10179877

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.91422, 48.07011 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position ABOUT ONE MILE NW OF PATEROS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pateros(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

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
Willamette 030N 023E 26 E2 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1000 TONS PRE-1943, 1250 TONS 1943, 1 CARLOAD 1944

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GOOD ORE-57.02% FE, 4.51% SIO2, .05% P2 O5, .097% S, 3.25% TIO2 2 CHANNEL SAMPLES-40.50-24.29% FE, 4.19-3.10% TIO2, .026-.024% P, .038-.004% S, .02-.11% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Methow Gneiss
    Rock description Methow Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Methow Gneiss
    Rock description Methow Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.91422, 48.07011

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Actinolite Body Contains Ore Hornblende, Biotite

Ore body information

  • General form LEDGE
    Strike N70E
    Dip 65N
    Length 152.4M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SULFIDES ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of last production 1944

Mining district

District name Squaw Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner S. J. Holden
    Home office Cle Elum, Wa.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fuller, A. D. (Estate)
    First year 1949

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period To 1942
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^About 50 % Fe/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 50wt-pct
  • Year 1943
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Probably A Minimum Of About 25 % Fe/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 25wt-pct
  • Year 1944
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^About 25 % Fe/Ton (Minimum) To 50 % Fe/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 38wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SHEDD AND OTHERS, 1922

Comments on the workings information

  • 140 FT OF ADITS AND A QUARRY.

Comments on development

  • ADITS AND A QUARRY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAGNETITE INTIMATELY INTERMIXED WITH HBLENDE AND ACTINOLITE; THE ORE IS COARSE GRAINED AND HAS A SCHISTOSE (APPARENT) APPEARANCE; IT OCCURS IN SEAMS AND LENSES; THE ORE SOMEWHAT GRADES INTO THE WALL ROCK; SULFIDES ARE ASSOC. WITH QUARTZ.
Deposit TWO CLAIMS: LONE PINE NOS. 1 AND 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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