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Bullfrog Claims

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098470
MRDS ID M056728
Record type Site
Current site name Bullfrog Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.57395, 48.91512 (WGS84)
Elevation 1085

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullfrog Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Okanogan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 026E 33 NW OF NW OF SW OF SE OF SW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION OF 4200 LBS IN UNKNOWN YEAR;

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 10 TON TEST YIELDED $ 2 AU/TON AND $5 AG/TON. PRODUC TION YIELDED $150 AU-AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Bullfrog Mountain
    Rock description Bullfrog Mountain
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.57395, 48.91512
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Hydrothermal Solution

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Length 914.4M
    Width 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FELSIC DIKE NEARBY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmer Mtn District; Bullfrog Mtn Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bullfrog Mining Co.
    First year 1902

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, 160 FT SHAFT, 140 FT SHAFT, SUBSURFACE WORKS.

Comments on development

  • ADIT AND TWO SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 137.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 80-81, PLATES 1-2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 18 CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1987 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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