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Okanogan Free Gold Claims

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088620
MRDS ID M056730
Record type Site
Current site name Okanogan Free Gold Claims
Alternate or previous names Owasco, Allison
Related records 10301542

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.48034, 48.95317 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position N SIDE SIMILKAMEEN RV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oroville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
040N 027E 19 SE OF NW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MILES NORTH OF OROVILLE BY ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2 ASSAYS-$3.92, $5.37 AU, AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.48034, 48.95317
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Width 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE MINERALS DISSEMINATED IN QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1914
Year of last production 1939

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Roy S. Meader, Oroville, Wa. And H. N. North, Omak, Wa.
    First year 1938
    Last year 1941

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS AND A GLORY HOLE OF UNKNOWN DIMENSIONS.

Comments on development

  • UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION IN 1914, 1918, 1936, 1938-1939. 3 ADITS AND A GLORY HOLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 145

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A QTZ VEIN 0-12 FT WIDE OCCURS IN COUNTRY ROCK OF LIMESTONE, QTZITE, AND SCHIST. ORE MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED IN THE QUARTZ.
Deposit 5 PATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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