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Gold Hill Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041628
MRDS ID M056762
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill Group
Alternate or previous names Cleve, Golden Fleece, E Pluribus, Frankie Girl,
Related records 10204728

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.72589, 48.8215 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.2 MILES WEST OF LOOMIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Loomis(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038N 025E 04,05 NE OF W2 (04); S2 (04); E2 (05) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON GOLD HILL.

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Country Rock (Qtz-Diorite To Granodiorite) Intensely Altered (Chloritinized, Kaolinized) In Vicinity Of Mineralized Area, Probably By Hydrothermal Means.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Loomis Pluton
    Rock description Loomis Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.72589, 48.8215
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Area Highly Sheared

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND VEINLETS
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK INTENSELY CHLORITIZED, KAOLINIZED NEAR MINERALIZED AREAS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmer Mtn District

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN ADIT AT 3650 FT ELEV., HEADING S65W; STOPES ON VEIN UPHILL FROM MAIN ADIT CAVED TO SURFACE; 4000 FT OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS.

Comments on development

  • ADITS, STOPES, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS, AND OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 140.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 86-87, PLATES 1-2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN AT N50E (?); SHEAR ZONE AT N55E, 80NW; QUARTZ VEIN AT N65E, 60-70NW (1-2 FT THICK); QUARTZ VEIN AT N65E, 65NW (8 IN. THICK).
Deposit SEVERAL CLAIMS, CLEVE, GOLDEN FLEECE, E PLURIBUS, FRANKIE GIRL, ADJOINING EACH OTHER (86 ALTOGETHER).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Lawson, William A. Cevarts, Russell C. U.S. Geological Survey

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