Molly

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072463
MRDS ID W017840
Record type Site
Current site name Molly
Alternate or previous names Luke
Related records 10132013

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.37841, 48.609 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.6 MI NORTHEAST OF MAZAMA, Estimated Near Road In Nw/4 Projected Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mazama(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Methow(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036N 020E 20 NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE TENOR IS LOW

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Specularite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Rocks Are Altered

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Midnight Peak Formation
    Rock description Midnight Peak Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.37841, 48.609

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS AREA TO BE UNDERLAIN BY ROCKS OF THE FAWN PEAK STOCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mazama District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Okanogan National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, 20 CUTS AND TRENCHES

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, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    KING, R.U., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA.

  • Deposit

    STOFFEL, K.L., AND MCGRODER, M.F., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MTN. 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Deposit 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit MRDS RECORD D000676 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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