Goat Creek

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10131601
MAS/MILS ID 0530470464
Record type Site
Current site name Goat Creek
Alternate or previous names Mazama

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.38809, 48.60653 (WGS84)
Elevation 1100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mazama(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(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)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036 N 020 E 19 SE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.38809, 48.60653

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 2133M
    Width 1524M
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820827

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mazama District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bear Creek Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office P. O. Box 9 Dish. Branch; Spokane, Wa
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEAR CREEK MINING CO. GOAT CREEK EXAMINATION (0501-058) BY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOOD ACCESS AND FAVORABLE COPPER VALUES SEEM TO BE ATTRIBUTE HIS PROPERTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Sweeney, Thomas M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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