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Big Chief

Prospect in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Silver
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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. 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 10097186
MRDS ID M056171
Record type Site
Current site name Big Chief
Alternate or previous names Apex, Chief
Related records 10155955

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.22528, 48.23652 (WGS84)
Elevation 732

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(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 Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
32N 36E 35 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result .6 TO 2.2% WO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.22528, 48.23652
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Covada

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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

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