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Chesaw Prospect

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088627
MRDS ID M056776
Record type Site
Current site name Chesaw Prospect
Related records 10305746

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.02977, 48.94401 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE EAST OF CHESAW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chesaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Colville 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 040N 030E 21,22,16 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • PROBABLY IN SEC 16 (THAT'S WHERE THE GRANITIC ROCKS ARE IN THAT AREA).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result $1.55-7.80 AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Buckhorn Mtn Pluton
    Rock description Buckhorn Mtn Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.02977, 48.94401
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granitic Lenses

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SULFIDES 3-10% OF TOTAL ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Myers Creek District; Chesaw Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tillicum Development Co.
    First year 1912
    Last year 1924

Comments on development

  • OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WASH. DGER BULL 73, PLATES 1-2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANITIC LENSES IN WHICH DISSEMINATED SULFIDES CONSTITUTE 3-10 % OF THE WHOLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

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