Gwin

Occurrence in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Tungsten
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055874
MRDS ID SP00073
Record type Site
Current site name Gwin
Alternate or previous names Guinn, Hall Creek;

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.23529, 48.29346 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inchelium(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
032N 036E 11 NW4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.23529, 48.29346

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins Are As Much As 4 Ft. Wide And Are Parallel To The Bedding In Quartzite And Argillite (Huntting, 1956, P. 290).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCED SILVER AND SOME TUNGSTEN DURING FIRST WORLD WAR (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 290).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GWIN DEPOSIT IS IN WACKE AND SANDSTONE OF THE ORDOVICIAN? COVADA GROUP (JOSEPH, 1990, GEOL. MAP, P. 21). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1992 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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