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Defiance Claim

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088622
MRDS ID M056748
Record type Site
Current site name Defiance Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.57617, 48.82512 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 2.7 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 038N 026E 04 NE OF NW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Palmer Mtn Greenstone
    Rock description Palmer Mtn Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.57617, 48.82512
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURE-FILL VEIN, LAYERINE PARALLEL TO WALLS
    Strike N20E
    Dip 35NE
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmer Mtn District

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT (CAVED), PITS, AND TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • SHAFT, PITS, AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 138.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 84-85, PLATES 1-2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIM ABOUT 20 ACRES IN SIZE.
Deposit FISSURE-FILL QTZ VEIN, LAYERING PARALLEL TO WALLS.

Reporter information

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

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