Kankakee

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055999
MRDS ID SP00236
Record type Site
Current site name Kankakee

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.03808, 48.17817 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Armstrong Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chief Joseph(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 Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 030E 22 NEAR NW CORNER Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.03808, 48.17817

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Porphyritic Granodiorite Of Manila Creek Is Part Of The Keller Butte Suite Of Holder And Holder (1988). Intrusion Of Keller Butte Suite Rocks Into Metasedimentary Country Rocks Was Contemporaneous With Regional Ductile Stretching Associated With The Formation Of The Metamorphic Core Complexes (Holder And Holder, 1988).

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Weak Mineralization Is Present Along Fractures In Granite And Quartzite. One Quartz Vein Is 2-In. Wide (Huntting, 1956, P. 66).

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE OF PROBABLE PALEOZOIC AGE IS INTRUDED BY THE (PALEOCENE?)-EOCENE PORPHYRITIC GRANODIORITE OF MINIAL CREEK (GULICK AND KOROSEC, 1990).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nespelem

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL TEST SHIPMENT OF OXIDIZED LEAD ORE WAS MADE (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 66).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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