Wallace

Prospect in Chelan 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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048661
MRDS ID MP00273
Record type Site
Current site name Wallace

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.39923, 47.45844 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI SOUTHEAST OF MONITOR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monitor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wenatchee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023N 019E 25 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Electrum Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified

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 > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chumsitck Formation
    Rock description Chumsitck Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.39923, 47.45844

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Chiwakum Graben Bounded By Entiat And Leavenworth Faults. District Is Dominated By Post Mineral Fold And Thrust Belt

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wenatchee District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Asamera Minerals (U. S.), Inc.
    First year 1992

Comments on development

  • DRILLING PROGRAM UNDERWAY IN 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., GULICK, C.W., AND LINGLEY, W.S., JR., 1993, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1992: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 21, NO. 1, P. 3-25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGY PRESUMED TO BE SUMILAR TO THAT AT NEARBY CANNON MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORDS W700462, M060135

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-93 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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