Kaaba-Texas

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10301344
MRDS ID M056678
MAS/MILS ID 0530470012
Record type Site
Current site name Kaaba-Texas
Alternate or previous names Caaba
Related records 10041580

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.65258, 48.95344 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nighthawk(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

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 040 N 025 E 23 C NE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.65258, 48.95344

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. OF ECOLOGY. CNFIRMED AND SUSPECTED

  • Production

    CONTAMINATED SITES REPORT, OCT. 13, 1993.

  • Deposit

    WASH.BULL.37-2,P.220; LOW GRADE BUT PERSIST. MIN. OF 10-FT

  • Deposit

    VEIN ALONG GRANITE-LAMPROPHYRE CONTACT; OVER 95,000 TONS

  • Deposit

    1943-1949

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONFIRMED SOIL AND SURFACE WATER CONTAMINATION; SUSPECTED GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION. EPA PRIORITY POLLUTANTS-METALS AND CYANIDE. STAATUS: RANKED, AWAITING REMEDIAL ACTION. MINE IS 1/2 ON BLM LAND AND 1/2 SILVER STAR DEVELOPMENT LAND. BOTH WERE ISSUED AND ENFORCEMENT ORDER FOR INTERIM ACTION AT THIS SITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-FEB-94 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references