Combination Claim

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088621
MRDS ID M056744
Record type Site
Current site name Combination Claim
Related records 10155583

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.50895, 48.84456 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Relative position 6.1 MILES ENE OF LOOMIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enterprise(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N 026E 25 SW OF NW OF SW OF SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION APPROXIMATE; ABOUT 2.1 MILES NNE OF ENTERPRISE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE FROM DUMP: $21.50 AU AND $3 AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Spectacle
    Rock description Spectacle
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.50895, 48.84456

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Left-Lateral Drag On Vein Structure

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 90
    Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHYLLITE WALL ROCK SHOWS DRAG, INDICATING LEFT-LATERAL MOVEMENT ON VEIN STRUCTURE. ; GEOL.DESC: ALSO "SCORIACEOUS", 1 FT QTZ VEIN, E-W, 90 DEG, PINCHES OUT WITHIN 4' DOWN DIP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wannacut Lake District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Hall
    First year 1892

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 FT SHAFT AND A 200 FT TUNNEL; 6 FT SAW PIT.

Comments on development

  • SHAFT AND TUNNEL AND SAW PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 137.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 82-83, PLATES 1-2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCORIACEOUS QUARTZ VEIN THAT PINCHES OUT 4 FT DOWNDIP.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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