Happy Hill Claims

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium, REE
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041675
MRDS ID M056840
Record type Site
Current site name Happy Hill Claims
Related records 10277485

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.65172, 48.44539 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES NW OF OKANOGAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruby Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034N 025E 14 SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION PROBABLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result 5% MONAZITE, 2 1/2-3% RARE EARTHS .06-.08% U3 O8

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.65172, 48.44539

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconcully District; Happy Hill Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sherman Creek Uranium Mines, Inc. (1955 -)
    Home office Republic, Wa.

Comments on development

  • BULLDOZER TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 353

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 15 CLAIMS AND SOME LEASED LAND

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

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