Hiawatha Lode

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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 10041612
MRDS ID M056733
Record type Site
Current site name Hiawatha Lode
Alternate or previous names Josie
Related records 10132102

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.53895, 48.8979 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position ABOUT 6.75 MILES NE OF LOOMIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullfrog Mountain(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 039N 026E 10 NE OF NE OF NE OF NW Washington

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION 1938

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result AVG OF 22 ASSAYS: $26 AU AND / OZ AG
Result ONE SAMPLE SHOWED 9.5 % PB, 61.7 OZ AG, 0.32 OZ AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Spectacle
    Rock description Spectacle
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.53895, 48.8979

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Offsets Vein

Ore body information

  • General form 4 VEINS, AVE. 3-4' WIDE
    Dip 10-45 W
    Length 762M
    Width 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SPARSE MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1938

Mining district

District name Wannacut Lake District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dell Hart And Sons
    Home office Oroville, Wa.
    First year 1938

Comments on the workings information

  • AN INCLINE 80 FT LONG FOLLOWS DOWN THE DIP OF THE LODE; THIS ADIT IS CONNECTED TO ANOTHER 80 FT ADIT BY A CROSSCUT NEAR THE FACE

Comments on development

  • ADITS WITH CROSSCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 141.

  • Deposit

    WASH. GEOL. SUR. BULL 5, P. 99

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 88-89, PLATES 1-2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN OUTCROPS FOR A FEW HUNDRED FT SOUTH FROM THE SHAFT, BUT TO THE NORTH IT CAN BE TRACED FOR OVER 2500 FT BY A WELL DEFINED GOSSAN OF WHITE QTZ, WHICH IN PLACES IS HEAVILY FE-STAINED. IT VARIES FROM 1-12 FT IN WIDTH, AVG 3-4 FT. IN PLACES THE LODE BREAKS INTO STRINGERS AND IN OTHERS IS OFFSET BY SMALL FAULTS, BUT AS A WHOLE IS STRONG AND CONTINUOUS. THE ORE IS A FRIABLE WHITE QTZ CARRYING ORE MINERALS THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED IN BUNCHES THROUGHOUT.
Deposit 6 CLAIMS, 3 OF WHICH ARE PATENTED.

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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