Belcher

Prospect in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Iron, Copper, Gold, Feldspar
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097195
MRDS ID M056281
Record type Site
Current site name Belcher
Alternate or previous names Blue Bell

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.54835, 48.72207 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MI NE OF REPUBLIC

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooke 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
37N 34E 08 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Feldspar Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME PRODUCTION 1909-1917

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Analytical data

Result $.40 -1.00 AU, 4% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Permian rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.