Mohawk Prospect

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities 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. 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 10041667
MRDS ID M056826
Record type Site
Current site name Mohawk Prospect
Related records 10277513

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.85173, 48.63844 (WGS84)
Elevation 1292
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MILES WNW OF CONCONCULLY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coxit 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

Colville National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
036N 024E 05 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • SE SLOPE OF MINERAL HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION: 1890-1893, 1951-1954, 1961, AND 1967.

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result AVG ASSAYS: 62-65 OZ AG, 5-7 % PB, 3.1-3.12 % CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Mineral Hill
    Rock description Mineral Hill
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.85173, 48.63844

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Trending Salmon Creek Fault Just East Of Deposit.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Offsets, Has Rotated Vein

Ore body information

  • General form SCATTERED GRAINS AND BANDS
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 30-40 SW
    Length 152.4M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Qtz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FISSURE FILL QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Discoverer Henry Lawrence (?)
Year of first production 1890
Year of last production 1967

Mining district

District name Conconcully District; Mineral Hill Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Empire Enterprises, Inc.
    Home office Herb Wilson, Pres., P.O. Box 809, Okanogan, Wa. 98840

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN QUANTITIES; SMALL AMTS IN 1961 AND 1967.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT NO. 2 IS DRIVEN APPROX. NW FOR 500 FT, ALONG THE VEIN; STOPE AT END OF ADIT. ADIT NO. 1 IS 350 FT NORTH OF, AND 225 FT HIGHER THAN ADIT NO. 2, AND HAS 150 FT OF DRIFTS (ADIT NO. 1 CAVED AT PORTAL IN 1973).

Comments on development

  • 2 ADITS. WORK ON MINE FROM 1890-1893, 1951,54-56, 1967; AND DEVELOPMENT 1970-1972 AND 1979.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DGER IC 69, P. 11

  • Production

    WASH. DMG IC 49, P. 24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE-FILL VEIN. TOTAL LENGTH OF DEPOSIT MIGHT NOT BE FULLY DETERMINED. LAST 50 FT OF ADIT NO. 2: N10E, 45W. SOME ORE MINERALS CONCENTRATED INTO BANDS UP TO 1 FT WIDE.

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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