Western Star

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095538
MRDS ID M056558
Record type Site
Current site name Western Star
Related records 10204818

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.98365, 48.9554 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 030E 24 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION CHANGED FROM 48-58-13N/116-14-60W ON 6/30/9; THE OLD LOCATION PLOTTED IN IDAHO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME PRODUCTION 1914-15

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.98365, 48.9554

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Meyers Creek

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Mccoy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Johnson, Kathleen M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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