49th Parallel

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Tungsten, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008896
MRDS ID D001394
Record type Site
Current site name 49th Parallel
Related records 10180449

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.4845, 48.98317 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position ABOUT ONE MILE WEST OF OSOYOOS LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oroville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 06 027E 06,07 NE OF NE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR U.S.-CANADA BORDER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF AU-CU ORE PRODUCTION IN 1914.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE SAID TO CARRY $14-58 AU/TON
Result WITH A CU TO AU RATIO OF ABOUT 6 TO 1 WITH CU AT 13 CENTS/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Kobau
    Rock description Kobau
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.4845, 48.98317

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70-80W
    Dip 35SW-STEEP
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz In Fracture Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oroville District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kent Hagelberge
    Home office Oroville, Wa.
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORDED TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION BUT SOME COPPER ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM THE FORTY-NINTH PARALLEL AND FROM THE GOLDEN CHARIOT.

Comments on the workings information

  • AN INCLINE, TRENDING SSW, FOLLOWS A FRACTURE ZONE DOWN DIP. ALSO, THERE IS A 145 FT ADIT, A 100 FT ADIT, AND TWO 20 FT ADITS. 4 OTHER SHAFTS OF UNDETERMINED EXTENT HAVE ALSO BEEN SUNK, BUT WERE FLOODED IN 1943.

Comments on development

  • INCLINE, ADITS, AND SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE FRACTURE ZONE INCLUDES NUMEROUS VEINLETS AND LENSES OF QUARTZ UP TO ONE INCH THICK. THE GREENSTONE WALLS SHOW SULFIDE IMPREGNATIONS.
Deposit 5 CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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