Silver Ledge

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Arsenic
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. Land status
  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 10048530
MRDS ID MP00121
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Ledge
Related records 10056035

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.17117, 48.20427 (WGS84)
Elevation 808
Relative position 0.25 MI DOWNSTREAM FROM ANTIMONY QUEEN MINE, ABOUT 1 MI EAST OF FOGGY DEW CAMPGROUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hungry 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)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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
Willamette 031N 021E 11 NEAR CENTER Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. 300 FT ABOVE GOLD CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bromyrite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Newby Group;Newby Group
    Rock description Newby Group;Newby Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.17117, 48.20427

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Creek Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Okanogan National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Ledge Mining Co.
    First year 1931

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 502.92M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, CROSSCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 269.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 148-149.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS. VEINS ARE IN A 5 FT WIDE SHEAR ZONE. VEIN ON FOOTWALL IS 1.5 FT WIDE AND VEIN ON HANGING WALL IS 4 IN. WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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