Kelly Camp

Occurrence in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum
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 10055879
MRDS ID SP00079
Record type Site
Current site name Kelly Camp

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.79058, 48.8029 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bodie Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sanpoil(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
038N 032E 9 SW4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.79058, 48.8029

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Is In A Contact-Metamophic Zone Along The West Side Of A Small Foof Pendant. The Deposit Contains A Condiserable Amount Of Low-Grade Milling Ore (Huntting, 1956. P. 344).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: TEN TONS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED FOR A MILL TEST IN 1951 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 344).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDGER OFR 90-18

  • Deposit

    CULVER, H.E.; BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 89 P., 23 PL.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    PEASRSON, R.C., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BODIE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FERRY AND OKANOGAN COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-636, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:62,5000, WITH 4 P. TEXT.

  • Deposit

    STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REPUBLIC 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 90-10, 62 P., 1 PL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRE-TERTIARY METAMORPHIC ROCKS INCLUDING CALC-SILICATE GNEISS, MICA SCHIST, AND CARBONACEOUS QUARTZITE HOST CONTACT METAMORPHIC DEPOSITS OF THE KELLY CAMP MINE. THESE ROCKS ARE A ROOF PENDANT IN QUARTZ MONZONITE AND MONZONITE OF THE HERRON CREEK SUITE (PEARSON, 1967, GEOL. MAP, P. 3; STOFFEL, 1990, GEOL. MAP). ; 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.