Chelan

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094250
MRDS ID D001388
Record type Site
Current site name Chelan
Alternate or previous names Pennington
Related records 10253255

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.10395, 48.10483 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 11 MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CARLTON. ABOUT 2.3 MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HUNTER MOUNTAIN, Estimated From Map And Description In Culver And Broughton

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Methow(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 030N 022E 17 NEAR NE CORNER Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF SQUAW CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AU VALES OF $21-161/TON ARE REPORTED
Result SCHEELITE CONTENT LESS THAN 0.25 %.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Cooper Mountain Batholith
    Rock description Cooper Mountain Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.10395, 48.10483

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS IN SHEAR ZONE
    Strike N80-85W
    Dip 85-90SW
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • One Vein Parallels A Basic Dike; Another Is In A Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ HAS ABUNDANT IRON STAINING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Squaw Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Okanogan National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Roy Pennington
    First year 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, CAVED ADIT, 40 FT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 137.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR-25, SCALE 1:1,168,000.

  • Deposit

    CULVER, H.E., AND BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, P. 44-45, 49.

  • Deposit

    BARKSDALE, J.D., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE METHOW VALLEY, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 68, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    BUNNING, B.B., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE TWISP 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-9, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING MINOR GOLD AND SPECKS OF SCHEELITE (TO 0.25 IN. ACROSS). ONLY 2 OF THE SEVERAL VEINS ARE KNOWN TO CONTAIN W. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Deposit AT LEAST 7 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-AUG-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Elliot, James E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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