Park City District

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Titanium, Metal
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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095556
MRDS ID M056824
Record type Site
Current site name Park City District
Alternate or previous names Strawberry Ck Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.87892, 48.39762 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF PARK CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Strawberry Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sanpoil(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 034N 031E 35 S2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG LOWER COURSE OF STRAWBERRY CREEK; MIDDLE OF S2 SEC 35.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REPORTEDLY $100 AU OF PRODUCTION IN UNKNOWN YEAR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2 PANS YIELDED 1 CENT AU, OZS BLACK SAND

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.87892, 48.39762

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHALLOW LAYER COARSE GRAVEL

Comments on the geologic information

  • GLACIAL DRIFT UNDERLAIN BY COVADA GROUP ARGILLITES AND SCHISTS, AND OR, COLVILLE GRANITICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park City?

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harry Crounse
    First year 1913

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PITS

Comments on development

  • ALONG STREAM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 187.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 677, P. 102-103, PLATE 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALONG 20-200' WIDE FLATS

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

Beyond USGS

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