Baltimore

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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. 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 10092602
MRDS ID M056746
Record type Site
Current site name Baltimore
Related records 10155560

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.56395, 48.85234 (WGS84)
Elevation 805
Relative position 3.5 MILES NE 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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N 026E 28 E2 OF SE OF NW OF SE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result $10 AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Till
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.56395, 48.85234

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GLACIAL DRIFT AT THE SITE PROBABLY OVERLIES PAL MER MTN GREENSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmer Mtn District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 135.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 78, PLATES 1-2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 12 IN. VEIN.

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

Beyond USGS

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