Hiawatha

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055991
MRDS ID SP00225
Record type Site
Current site name Hiawatha
Alternate or previous names Josie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.547, 48.90012 (WGS84)
Elevation 975

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullfrog Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Okanogan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N 026E 10 NE4 Washington

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Whiskey Mountain Pluton
    Rock description Whiskey Mountain Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Spectacle Formation Of The Anarchist Group
    Rock description Spectacle Formation Of The Anarchist Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.547, 48.90012

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Marine Sedimentary Rocks Of The Spectacle Formation Were Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Friable White Quartz Vein Is 1 To 12 Feet Wide, Averages 3-4 Feet Wide, And Crops Out For About 2500 Feet. The Vein Dips 10w At The Surface And 45w At Depth. Faults Offset The Vein (Rinehart And Fox, 1972, P. 88).

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN IS IN ARGILLITE OF THE SPECTACLE FORMATION NEAR THE CONTACT WITH MONZONITE AND QUARTZ DIORITE OF THE WHISKEY MOUNTAIN PLUTON (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 141; RINEHART AND FOX, 1972, GEOL. MAP).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wannacut Lake

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED SOME ORE IN 1938 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 141).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LOOMIS QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 64, 124 P., 3 PL.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J.B., 1911, PART I.-- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT; PART II. -- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OROVILLE-NIGHTHAWK MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, 111 P.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO 80-FT ADITS 80 FEET APART ARE CONNECTED BY A DRIFT NEAR THE FACE (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972, P. 89). ; 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-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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