Mohawk

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099367
MRDS ID SP00255
Record type Site
Current site name Mohawk
Alternate or previous names Silver Peak, Sunny Peak, Chief Sunshine;

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.78589, 48.56983 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conconully West(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 036N 024E 31 SW4 OF SE4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.78589, 48.56983

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Conconully Pluton Is A Directionless Post-Tectonic Body That Was Intruded Into A Major Structural Zone (Stoffel, K.L., Dger, Oral Commun., 1990).

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The 1.5-3-Ft-Wide Vein Has A General Strike Of N30w And Dips 30-40sw. Ore Minerals Are Concentrated In Bands As Much As 1 Ft Wide That Contain As Much As 60 Oz/Ton Ag, 13% Pb, And 3% Cu (Moen, 1973, P. 24).

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN IS IN THE BIOTITE- AND HORNBLENDE-BEARING CONCONULLY PLUTON OF CRETACEOUS AGE (STOFFEL, 1990).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Salmon River Mining

Comments on the production information

  • THE MINE WAS WORKED AS EARLY AS 1890, BUT MINING CEASED DURING THE SILVER PANIC OF 1893. BETWEEN 1951 AND 1954, ORE THAT CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 60 OZ/TON AG WAS PRODUCED. IN 1961 AND 1967, SMALL SHIPMENTS OF SILVER ORE WERE MADE TO THE COMINCO SMELTER IN TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MOEN, 1973).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO ADITS WERE WORKED AT THE PROPERTY (MOEN, 1973, P. 24). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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