Methow

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Copper, Silver, Molybdenum
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 10104287
MRDS ID SP00252
Record type Site
Current site name Methow
Alternate or previous names London, New London;
Related records 10041672, 10180166

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.0195, 48.10677 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Methow(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030N}030N 022E}022E 12}13 E2 (12); E2 (13) Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.0195, 48.10677

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Methow Gneiss Is A Cretaceous Intrusive Body That Has Been Metamorphosed To Amphibolite Grade (Bunning, 1990).

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Comments on the geologic information

  • THESE VEINS ARE IN BASIC DIKES OF PROBABLY EOCENE AGE AND WHICH CUT THE CRETACEOUS METHOW GNEISS (BUNNING, 1990; CULVER AND BROUGHTON, 1945).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Squaw Creek, Hunter Mtn Area

Comments on the production information

  • $40,000 IN GOLD WAS PRODUCED IN 1940-41 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 144).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARKSDALE, J.D., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE METHOW VALLEY, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOUCES BULLETIN 68, 72 P., 1 PL.

  • Deposit

    BUNNING, B.B., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE TWISP 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-9, 51 P., 1 PL.

  • Deposit

    CULVER, H.E.; BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 89 P., 23 PL.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE QUARTZ VEINS THAT MAKE UP THE DEPOSIT WERE DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHAFTS AND ADITS. MORE THAN 2200 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WERE PRESENT; MORE THAN HALF OF THESE WERE WEST OF THE METHOW RIVER (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 144). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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