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Palmer Mountain Tunnel

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098471
MRDS ID M056766
Record type Site
Current site name Palmer Mountain Tunnel
Related records 10180451

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.63228, 48.82845 (WGS84)
Elevation 491
Relative position 1/2 MILE N OF LOOMIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Loomis(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
038N 025E 01 NE OF SW OF SE OF SE OF SW OF SW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result .56 OZ AU, .28 OZ AG-20' SAMPLE, OTHERS, $1.80-$40/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Palmer Mtn. Greenstone
    Rock description Palmer Mtn. Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.63228, 48.82845
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BLACK BEAR VEIN NOT FOUND AT DEPTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmer Mtn.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

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