| Deposit ID | 10130684 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0530070292 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Jay |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.55009, 48.21622 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 780 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chelan(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lucerne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lake Chelan(hydrologic unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Chelan |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 031 N | 018 E | 01 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Pyrrhotite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -120.55009, 48.21622 |
|---|
| Strike | N70W | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 70S | ||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Meadow Creek District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Wilderness |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0530070292 |
WASH DIV MINES & GEOL BULL 37, PART II, V. 1, P. 47.
HODGES, 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NW: THE POST
INTELLIGENCER, SEATTLE, WA, P. 80-81.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ON E.BANK OF MEADOW CREEK; SAMPLE ACROSS 18 IN SULFIDE MATER THE SURFACE ASSAYED 0.16 OZ AU, 1.48 OZ AG, 4.02% CU. SAMPLE 13 IN OF MASSIVE SULFIDES IN LOWER ADIT ASSAYED 0.26 OZ AU, AG, 6.8% CU; SOURCE STATES S1/2 SEC 1, (31-18E)MAP GRID PO MINERALS ARE PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND PYRRHOTITE. THE PROPERTY HAS HAD NO KNOWN PRODUCTION. THE PROPERTY IS DIFFICULT TO ACCESS AND HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR MANY YEARS. SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS DONE ON THREE SAMPLES SHOWED THAT ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED FROM 0.01% TO 0.1% COBALT. DISSEMINATED SULFIDES IN METASEDIMENTS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-OCT-94 | Causey, J. Douglas | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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