Squaw Creek District

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000057
MRDS ID D001389
Record type District
Current site name Squaw Creek District
Alternate or previous names Methow, Golden Eagle, Highland Mining and Milling Co., Holden - Campbell, New London, Washington, Oregon and Idaho Mines and Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.01947, 48.10673 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ON NORTH AND EAST SIDES OF HUNTER MTN, ACCURATE WITHIN DISTRICT. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR METHOW MINE

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

Commodities

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

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.01947, 48.10673

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description FAULT OFFSETS HUNTER VEIN 480 FT FROM PORTAL; THE FOOTWALL SIDEIS OFFSET 25 FT TO SOUTHEAST; SIMILAR FAULTS PRESENT AT FACE OF LOWER ADIT. OKANOGAN VEIN SHOWS CONSIDERABLE MOVEMENT AND IS FRACTURED AND SHEARED PARALLEL TO WALLS.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer

Mining district

District name SQUAW CREEK DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner HOLDEN-CAMPBELL MINING CO.
    Year 1949

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CULVER, H.E., AND BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 206-207, 233.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 141.

  • Deposit

    BUNNING, B.B., 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, SCALE 1:100,000.

Beyond USGS

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