Talisman

Occurrence in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten, Cadmium, Bismuth
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 10055903
MRDS ID SP00115
Record type Site
Current site name Talisman
Alternate or previous names Laurier

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.27169, 48.98346 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Independent Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(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
040N 036E 4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE EAST SLOPES OF OWL MOUNTAIN, 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Zoisite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.27169, 48.98346

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shallowly Dipping Contact-Metamorphic Deposit In Schist. The Ore Body Is 1-12 Ft. Thick (Huntting, 1956, P. 55).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCED IN 1915 ($15,000), 1916 ($36,000), 1946, 1947, 1948, (54 TONS OF CONCENTRATES), 1949 (37 TONS OF CONCENTRATES), AND 1950 (18 TONS OF ZN CONCENTRATES) HUNTTING, 1956, P. 55).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS IN PARAGNEISS NEAR THE CONTACT WITH AMPHIBOLITE. THE METAMORPHIC ROCKS ARE PART OF THE KETTLE METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX (STOFFEL, 1990, GEOL. MAP, P. 45-47). ; 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

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