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Tenderfoot Claims

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. 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 10097263
MRDS ID M056717
Record type Site
Current site name Tenderfoot Claims
Alternate or previous names Gold Crown, Gold Eagle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.71368, 48.91094 (WGS84)
Elevation 1268
Relative position 8 MILES BY ROAD NNW OF LOOMIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nighthawk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N 025E 05 W2 OF NW OF SE OF NE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • PART OF TENDERFOOT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG. 2 OZ AU, 4 OZ AG, 4% C

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Loomis Pluton
    Rock description Loomis Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.71368, 48.91094
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEINS FEW INCHES-4 FT THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nighthawk District; Chopaka Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Victor Byrski, Vern C. Anderson, Tacoma, Wa., And Perry O. Luce, Coulee Dam, Wa.
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 FT SHAFT AND SHALLOW PITS.

Comments on development

  • SHAFT AND PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 139.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 104-105, PLATES 1-2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 CLAIMS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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