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Whistler Lode

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Copper, Tin, Zinc
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  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 10048542
MRDS ID MP00136
Record type Site
Current site name Whistler Lode
Alternate or previous names Canada Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.12563, 48.95761 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI SOUTH OF CANADIAN BORDER; ABOUT 0.6 MI SOUTHEAST OF TUNGSTEN LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Remmel Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(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)

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 022E 18 SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON EAST SIDE OF APEX MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Slightly, Kaolinized Locally

Analytical data

Result COMPOSITE GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.15% W, <0.09 OZ/TON AG, TR CU, TR SN. CHANNEL SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.19% W, 0.013% ZN, TR SN, TR CU. DMEA DATA SHOWED 0.12 AND 0.18% W, 0.3 AND 0.5 OZ/TON AG

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 Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Cathedral Batholith
    Rock description Cathedral Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.12563, 48.95761
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N10E
    Dip 10-22NW
    Thickness 1.02M
    Length 106.68M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer Paul Loudon, Loy Mc Daniels, Robert Curtis

Mining district

District name Tungsten Creek Area

Land status

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT IS ESTIMATED BY STAATZ AND OTHERS TO CONTAIN 30,000-80,000 TON VEIN MATERIAL AT ABOUT 0.16% W, WHICH IS UNECONOMIC

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PITS

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. 97-98

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

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

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

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