| Deposit ID | 10055998 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | SP00235 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kaaba |
| Alternate or previous names | Caaba, Kaaba-Texas; |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.65257, 48.95428 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 762 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF LOOMIS, NEAR THE BASE OF THE SOUTHWEST SLOPE OF LITTLE CHOPAKA MOUNTAIN. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Okanogan(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Nighthawk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Similkameen(hydrologic unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Okanogan |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 040N | 025E | 23 | NE4 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Marcasite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -119.65257, 48.95428 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | The Similkameen Batholith Is A Concentrically Zoned Plutonic Suite With Early Mafic Alkalic Rocks Bordering And Being Intruded By Calc-Alkaline Granitic Rocks. The Undeformed Body Is On The Upper Plate Of The Okanogan Valley Fault (Buddington And Burmester, 1990). |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Nighthawk |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | SP00235 |
BUDDINGTON, A.M.; BURMESTER, R.F., 1990, THE SIMILKAMEEN BATHOLITH: A MID-JURASSIC, POST-TECTONIC COMPLEX IN THE QUESNEL TERRANE, NORTH-CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA [ABSTRACT]: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 22, NO. 3, P. 10-11.
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.
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.
MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188 P.
PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AN INCLINED SHAFT IS 300-FT LONG WITH 1100-FT OF DRIFTS ON FOUR LEVELS; MORE THAN HALF THE DRIFTING IS ON THE THIRD LEVEL. A 150-TON/DAY FLOTATION MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 220). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1991 | Berger, Mary A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1993 | Frank, Dave | U.S. Geological Survey |
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