Crystal Butte

Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10135338
MRDS ID M056786
MAS/MILS ID 0530470081
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Butte
Alternate or previous names Mother Lode
Related records 10041640

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.00505, 48.91954 (WGS84)
Elevation 1536
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chesaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(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 040 N 030 E 35 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.00505, 48.91954

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1978

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Keystone Gold Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1997
    First year 1989
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Orvana Resources Corp.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1989
    First year 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH.BULL.37-2,P.138; MIN.QTZ.VEINAT LS.-ARGILL. CONTACT;PRO

  • Deposit

    1941;

  • Deposit

    WASHINGTON STATE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES,

  • Deposit

    WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER, V18, #1, MARCH 1990, P8.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, P322.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1997, P174.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY IN EXPLORATION, 1997

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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