Pittsburg

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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 10056023
MRDS ID SP00270
Record type Site
Current site name Pittsburg

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.04447, 48.16817 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 MILES WEST OF THE GOULD AND CURRY PROPERTY.

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 21 SE4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
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) -119.04447, 48.16817

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).

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is In Fractures In Highly Silicified And Altered Granite. A Sizable Silver-Lead Ore Body Was Exposed (Huntting, 1956, P. 308).

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS AND STOCKWORK(?) IN THE PORPHYRITIC GRANODIORITE OF MANILA CREEK OF (PALEOCENE?)-EOCENE AGE (GULICK AND KORSEC, 1990, GEOL. MAP).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nespelem

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF ORE IN 1914 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 308).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY OPEN PITS AND A STEEPLY INCLINED SHAFT (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 308). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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