Floyd Claim

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041604
MRDS ID M056715
Record type Site
Current site name Floyd Claim
Alternate or previous names Ruby

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.69118, 48.93705 (WGS84)
Elevation 683
Relative position ON STEEP FACE OF MT. CHOPAKA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nighthawk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(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
040N 025E 28 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES, BEGGARS CHOICE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Mineralized Along Faults

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.69118, 48.93705

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults N65w, 40n; E-W, 35n; N60e, 75s; N5e, 50w

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 E
    Dip 50 NW
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wall Rock & Quartz Breccia Has Mineralization

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ALTERATION & SHEARING TO 2' FROM MAIN STRUCTURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Twisp District; Twisp Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 65.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DGER BULL. 68, PLATE 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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