Blue Jay

Prospect in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130684
MAS/MILS ID 0530070292
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.55009, 48.21622 (WGS84)
Elevation 780
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031 N 018 E 01 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.55009, 48.21622

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 70S
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Strike And Dip N70W:70S
    Date of Last Modification 941003

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Meadow Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH DIV MINES & GEOL BULL 37, PART II, V. 1, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    HODGES, 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NW: THE POST

  • Deposit

    INTELLIGENCER, SEATTLE, WA, P. 80-81.

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-OCT-94 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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