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Evening Prospect

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095543
MRDS ID M056633
Record type Site
Current site name Evening Prospect
Related records 10155922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.04503, 48.16095 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES WEST OF NESPELEM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Armstrong Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chief Joseph(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
Willamette 031N 030E 21 S2 OF SE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue

Analytical data

Result A PICKED SAMPLE, CONSISTING OF A SOFT GRAY MASS CONTAINING COARSE GALENA XLS, YIELDED 20.2 OZ AG/TON AND TRACE OF AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Colville Batholith
    Rock description Colville Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Covada Group
    Rock description Covada Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.04503, 48.16095
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 45SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • 10 ACRE (AREAL) MASS OF METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS SURROUNDED BY GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SMALL OPEN PITS.

Comments on development

  • PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 302-303.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 677, P.83-84, PLATE 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMY LAYERS, INTERBEDDED WITH SCHIST, CONTAINING SPARSE MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Lawson, William A. Cevarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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