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Hercules Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041599
MRDS ID M056707
Record type Site
Current site name Hercules Claim
Related records 10131831

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.87753, 48.36178 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position ABOUT ONE MILE SE OF PARK CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stepstone Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sanpoil(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
Willamette 033N 031E 14 SE OF NW OF SW OF NE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO LARGE SHIPMENTS REPORTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Covada Group
    Rock description Covada Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.87753, 48.36178
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS
    Strike NE; N65W
    Dip 45NW-90; 65SW
    Width 1.52M
  • General form VEINLETS
    Strike NE; N65W
    Dip 45NW-90; 65SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Minerals Disseminated In Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.678HA
    Length 216.41M
    Overall length 131.06M
    Overall width 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT HAS BEEN DRIVEN DUE EAST FOR 430 FT, MOSTLY THROUGH GRANITE. AT 120 FT FROM THE ADIT PORTAL THE METAMORPHIC-GRANITE CONTACT IS ENCOUNTERED. AT THIS POINT A DRIFT HAS BEEN RUN NE FOR 180 FT, ALONG THE CONTACT. NEAR THE END OF THE DRIFT IS A 100 FT CROSSCUT THAT HAS BEEN RUN N65W ALONG A SMALL VEIN IN GRANITE.

Comments on development

  • ADIT WITH A DRIFT WITH CROSSCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 219-220.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 677, P. 98-99, PLATES 1, 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED ORE MINERALS IN VEINLETS ALONG SHEAR ZONE BETWEEN GRANITE-METAMORPHIC ROCK CONTACT; AND VEIN IN GRANITE (N65W, 65SW).

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

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