Gould and Curry Prospect

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Manganese
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041602
MRDS ID M056712
Record type Site
Current site name Gould and Curry Prospect
Related records 10131952

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.01836, 48.16123 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF NESPELEM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Armstrong Creek(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

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 031 030 27 NE OF NW OF NW OF NE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON SW SPUR OF MINERAL HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) 10 Ft Zone Of Oxidation From Surface Down.; Wall Rock Thorougly Sericitized For A Foot Or More From The Walls

Analytical data

Result FROM 50 TON ORE PILE ON DUMP: 40 CENTS AU/TON, 30.18 OZ AG/TON, AND 20 % PB - TOTAL VALUE ABOUT $38.50/TON.

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) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.01836, 48.16123

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FORMS LODE
    Strike N50W
    Dip 50SW
    Width 0.38M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COUNTRY ROCK IS GRANITE, SLIGHTLY SHEARED AND ALTERED AND CUT BY NUMEROUS DIKES OF GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY, MOST OF WHICH TREND NE. IN THE LOWER ADIT THE LODE IS CUT AND DISPLACED A FEW FT TO THE NE BY A TRANSVERSE PORPHYRY DIKE. ; GEOL.DESC: WALL ROCK SERICITIZED, SLIGHTLY MINERALIZED TO 1 FT. FROM VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • THE UNDERGROUND WORKS AGGREGATE ABOUT 200 FT, DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN TWO ADIT LEVELS ONE OF WHICH IS 40 FT LONG AND THE OTHER, 60 FT LOWER, 130 FT LONG, WITH SHORT CROSSCUTS. THE TWO LEVELS ARE CONNECTED BY A WINZE NEAR THE FACE OF THE UPPER ONE.

Comments on development

  • WINZE, CROSSCUTS, AND ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 677, P. 76-77, PLATE V11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOOSE MASS OF GRANITE WITH WHICH FRAGMENTS OF VEIN QUARTZ ARE MINGLED. THE LODE HAS A CLEAN-CUT FOOTWALL, BUT THE HANGING WALL IS NOT WELL DEFINED. THE VEIN FILLING CONSISTS OF COARSE INTERLOCKING ORE GRAINS. THE WALL ROCK CONTAINS A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE ORE SULFIDES ALONG SEAMS. IN PLACES THE SULFIDE MINERALS, OF WHICH GALENA IS THE MOST ABUNDANT, FORM 50 % OR MORE OF THE VEIN FILLING.

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

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