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Omak Lake

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodity Bromine
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092614
MRDS ID M056855
Record type Site
Current site name Omak Lake
Related records 10131681

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.40032, 48.27984 (WGS84)
Elevation 290

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Omak Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
032N;032N 027E;028E Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUFFICIENT TONNAGE SODIUM CARBONATE FOR COMMERCIAL USE IF BRINE IS CONCENTRATED

Analytical data

Result 8.6-9.9% K2 SO4 57.2-59.3% NA2 CO3, 22.6-25.8% NA2 SO4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.40032, 48.27984
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Possible Stratification

Ore body information

  • General form LAKE BED
    Length 12874.4M
    Width 804.65M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BRINE ONLY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 880,000 TONS SODIUM CARBONATE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 1,522,000 TONS MIXED SALTS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3821 ACRES IN EXTENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

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