Leadville Group

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041627
MRDS ID M056759
Record type Site
Current site name Leadville Group
Alternate or previous names John Judge, Denver City, Grandview
Related records 10252697

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.62423, 48.85762 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position ABOUT 2.7 MILES NNE OF LOOMIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enterprise(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
Willamette 039N 026E 19 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF PALMER MTN; ELEVATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1937, 1938, AND 1939.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) More Altered Along S. Wall

Analytical data

Result SPARSE MINERALIZATION.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Palmer Mtn
    Rock description Palmer Mtn
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Bullfrog Mtn
    Rock description Bullfrog Mtn

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.62423, 48.85762

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form 2-3' WIDE, SLICKENSIDED VEIN
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 90
    Length 304.8M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Argillite/Gabbro Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEINS 6 IN-3 FT, LEADVILLE VEIN 200' LONG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmer Mtn District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Grandview Gold Mining Co.
    First year 1941

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 762M

Comments on development

  • SHAFTS AND ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 143

  • Production

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 143

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 13 PATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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