Tunk Creek

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodity Gemstone

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10041730
MRDS ID	M056938
Record type	Site
Current site name	Tunk Creek
Related records	10180507

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-119.48172, 48.56623 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keystone(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)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Washington	Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	035N	027E	05		Washington

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gemstone	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

LOCALLY USED IN BROOCHES, FIREPLACE FACING

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Thulite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-119.48172, 48.56623	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form LENSES

Width 0.91M

General form	LENSES
Width	0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

GEOL.DESC: SMALL RUBY & SAPPHIRE CRYSTALS HAVE BEEN FOUND ASSOCIATED WITH THULITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M056938

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-FEB-1975	Greene, Robert	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-FEB-1985	Lawson, William A.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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