Aeneas

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Zinc, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092612
MRDS ID M056839
Record type Site
Current site name Aeneas
Related records 10155540

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.19948, 48.62595 (WGS84)
Relative position S SIDE AENEAS VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cayuse Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Okanogan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Colville National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036N 029E 15 NW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE SHOWED 0.18 % U308

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.19948, 48.62595

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Bands

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SLIGHT RADIOACTIVITY ALONG PEGMATITIC BANDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937
Year of last production 1953

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ted Eberle
    Home office Tonasket, Wa.
    First year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 353

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICIFIED ZONE 15 TO 75 FT WIDE IN SHEARED ARGILLITE.
Deposit DEEDED LAND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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