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Gubser Mine

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041588
MRDS ID M056689
Record type Site
Current site name Gubser Mine
Alternate or previous names Grubscher
Related records 10180030

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.75423, 48.56844 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position ABOUT .5 MILE NORTH 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)

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 036N 025E 31 SW OF SW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • WEST BANK OF SALMON CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO PRODUCTION

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Similkameen Batholith
    Rock description 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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.75423, 48.56844
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05E
    Dip 85NW
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 2 Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SPARSELY MINERALIZED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconcully District; Salmon Creek Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Peak Mining Corp.
    Home office Dale Lanphere, Pres., 401 Great Western Bldg., Spokane, Wa. 99201

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 326.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ADIT, 50 FT ABOVE SALMON CREEK, HAS BEEN DRIVEN WESTWARD INTO THE MOUNTAIN FOR 900 FT. AT 390 FT FROM THE PORTAL THERE ARE SHORT DRIFTS, ABOUT 50 FT LONG, BOTH TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH, ALONG THE VEIN.

Comments on development

  • ADIT WITH DRIFTS; EXPLORATION IN 1971-72.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 219.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG IC 48, P. 19

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG IC 49, P. 27-29

  • Deposit

    WASH. DIV. GEOL. BULL 34, P. 44, PLATE 10

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN CONSISTS OF 1 TO 2 FT OF QUARTZ ON THE HANGING WALL BY A 1 TO 2 FT BASIC DIKE.

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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