Unnamed Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048541
MRDS ID MP00135
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.95063, 48.98761 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI SOUTH OF CANADIAN BORDER. 0.1 MI NORTH OF LOUDEN LAKE, Accurate Based On Map In Staatz And Others

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horseshoe Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(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

Colville National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Pasayten Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 040N 023E 04 SE CORNER Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic

Analytical data

Result TWO CHIP SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.06, 0.1 OZ/TON AG
Result ONE CONTAINED TR AU

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 Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneissic Quartz Diorite Of The Middle Fork Of Toats Coulee Creek
    Rock description Gneissic Quartz Diorite Of The Middle Fork Of Toats Coulee Creek
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.95063, 48.98761

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED IN VEIN
    Strike N65W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.4M
    Length 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Discoverer R.R. Mc Pherson

Mining district

District name Horseshoe Basin Area

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Pasayten Wilderness In Okanogan National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., WEIS, P.L., TABOR, R.W., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., PATTEE, E.C., AND HOLT, D.C., 1971, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PASAYTEN WILDERNESS AREA, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1325, P. 88-89

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PYRITE FOUND IN VEINS AND A SILICEOUS AREA. DIMENSIONS ARE FOR VEINS ON SECOND TRENCH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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