Esther Claim

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver
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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041587
MRDS ID M056688
Record type Site
Current site name Esther Claim
Alternate or previous names Esther Prospect
Related records 10277412

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.73978, 48.57816 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTH OF CONCONCULLY LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conconully East(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 025E 31 SW OF NE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO PRODUCTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Salmon Creek Schists And Gneisses
    Rock description Salmon Creek Schists And Gneisses
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.73978, 48.57816

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form 1-3' VEIN
    Strike NS
    Dip 70 W
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN CUTS FINE-GRAINED MICA SCHISTS AT A SMALL ANGLE ; GEOL.DESC: SPARSELY MINERALIZED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconcully District; Salmon Creek Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 AND 500 FT ADITS (REF 1 8 3 SHOW A 74 FT ADIT).

Comments on development

  • ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 218.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG IC 49, P. 29

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 640, P. 26

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPARSELY MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEIN.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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