Gold Crown Claims

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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 10088623
MRDS ID M056750
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Crown Claims
Alternate or previous names Gold Coin Misprint ?
Related records 10277710

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.61756, 48.83317 (WGS84)
Elevation 805
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MILES NE OF LOOMIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enterprise(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 039N 026E 31 S2 OF SE OF NW OF SE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POSSIBLE PRODUCTION (UNKNOWN QUANITY AND TIME).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $105 AU IN DUMP SAMPLE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Palmer Mtn Greenstone
    Rock description Palmer Mtn Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.61756, 48.83317

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmer Mtn District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alva R. Sharp And Jim Lewis
    Home office Mazama, Wa.
    First year 1946

Comments on the workings information

  • 110 FT ADIT AND AN OPEN CUT.

Comments on development

  • ADIT AND OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 139.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 86-87, PLATES 1-2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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