California

Prospect in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Asbestos
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097160
MRDS ID M056002
Record type Site
Current site name California
Alternate or previous names Apollo
Related records 10156111

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.5828, 48.60263 (WGS84)
Elevation 1265
Relative position 7.9 MI. ESE OF REPUBLIC

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Edds Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(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

Colville 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 Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
36N 34E 20 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Asbestos Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • $100,000 PRODUCTION 1901-1902, SMALL ADDITIONAL TO 1939

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Serpentine Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $60/TON AU AND AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.5828, 48.60263

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Republic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MUESSIG, SIEGFRIED, 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC QUADRANGLE AND A PART OF THE AENEAS QUADRANGLE, FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON. USGS BULL. 1216, PG.112

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references