Washington Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041647
MRDS ID M056798
Record type Site
Current site name Washington Mine
Alternate or previous names Washington Homestake Mining Co., Washington, Oregon, Idaho Claims
Related records 10277521

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.00145, 48.10233 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.75 MI EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HUNTER MOUNTAIN, Estimated From Description And Map In Culver And Broughton

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Methow(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 030N 023E 18 CENTER OF N2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST SIDE OF METHOW RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result 0.25% SCHEELITE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Methow Gneiss
    Rock description Methow Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.00145, 48.10233

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N70W
    Dip 80NE
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • REFERENCES FOR DEPOSITS INDICATE HOST ROCKS AS METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS OR GRANITIC ROCKS. GEOLOGIC MAP INDICATES AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY GNEISS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Squaw Creek District

Comments on the workings information

  • 360 FT ADIT, SHAFT (CAVED)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WAHSINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 150.

  • Deposit

    CULVER, H.E., AND BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, P. 50.

  • Deposit

    BUNNING, B.B., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE TWISP 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-9, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE POCKETY. VEIN IS 1-3 FT WIDE, AVE. 1.5-2 FT WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-75 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-85 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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