Triune

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum
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 10056042
MRDS ID SP00297
Record type Site
Current site name Triune
Alternate or previous names Crescent

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.54034, 48.89928 (WGS84)

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.54034, 48.89928

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Spectacle Formation Was Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • At Least Four Quartz Veins Ranging In Width From A Stringer To 10 Feet Occur In Argillite A Short Distance Above Granite. The Granite Is Sericitized And Kaolinized (Huntting, 1956, P. 150).

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEINS ARE IN METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE SPECTACLE FORMATION ABOVE THE CONTACT WITH THE WHISKY MOUNTAIN PLUTON (UMPLEBY, 1911, P. 98; RINEHART AND FOX, 1972, GEOL. MAP).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Wanacut Lake

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WORTH MORE THAT $300,000 WAS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1938; ALSO PRODUCED IN 1939 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 150).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY CONSISTED OF A 140-FT SHAFT WITH AN ADIT ON THE LOWER LEVEL TOGETHER WITH MORE THAN 2000 FEET OF DRIFTS (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 150). ; 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-JUN-1994 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references