Blue Grouse Claim

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041591
MRDS ID M056693
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Grouse Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.74284, 48.50761 (WGS84)

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)

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 035N 025E 30 NE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • SEE PEACOCK (SILVER)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mesozoic granitic rocks, undivided

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHEARED QTZ & COUNTRY ROCK
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Sheared Quartz

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SPARSELY MINERALIZED VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconcully District; Peacock Mtn Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peacock Mountain Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1924

Comments on development

  • SHALLOW TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 217

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRACEABLE FOR SHORT DISTANCE ONLY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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