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Billygoat

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Antimony, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Zinc, Lead
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  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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008484
MRDS ID D000669
Record type Site
Current site name Billygoat
Alternate or previous names Carr, Hanks, Billy Goat

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.32063, 48.78622 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position ABOUT 1.3 MI WEST-NORTHWEST OF BURCH MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Billy Goat Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Methow(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038N 020E 15 NEAR SE CORNER Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON SOUTH SLOPE OF BILLY GOAT MOUNTAIN NORTHWEST OF WINTHROP. THESE CLAIMS MAY NOW BE PART OF THE MOUNTAIN BEAVER PROPERTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rocks Have Been Hydrothermally Altered

Analytical data

Result CU GENERALLY <1% BUT IN PLACES IS AS MUCH AS 2%. AS MUCH AS 0.5 OZ/TON AU. SEVERAL ANALYSES ARE GIVEN IN STAATZ AND OTHERS

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Andesite Of Isabella Ridge;Andesite Of Isabella Ridge;Andesite Of Isabella Ridge;Andesite Of Isabella Ridge
    Rock description Andesite Of Isabella Ridge;Andesite Of Isabella Ridge;Andesite Of Isabella Ridge;Andesite Of Isabella Ridge

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.32063, 48.78622
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Steeply Dipping, Northwest-Trending Faults And Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS, DISSEMINATED
    Thickness 0.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Billy Goat Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Pasayten Wilderness Area In Okanogan National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine Valley Minerals, Inc.
    First year 1992
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. J. Adams, M. M. Moore, And Frank O'Shea
    First year 1965

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 236.22M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHAFTS, NUMEROUS ADITS, DRIFT

Comments on development

  • IN 1992, SUNSHINE VALLEY MINERALS WAS REPAIRING UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, R.U., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 62.

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., WEIS, P.L., TABOR, R.W., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., PATTEE, E.C., AND HOLT, D.C., 1971, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PASAYTEN WILDERNESS AREA, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1325, P. 111-114.

  • Deposit

    STOFFEL, K.L., AND MCGRODER, M.F., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MTN. 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C.P. JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 162.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., GULICK, C.W., LINGLEY, W.S., JR., 1993, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1992: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 21, NO. 1, P. 3-25.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINLETS ARE 1-2 IN. WIDE OVER A LARGE MINERALIZED AREA. SULFIDE MINERALS LOCALLY FORM COARSE CLOTS
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD D001765. MRDS RECORDS D001663, W017839 HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-74 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-AUG-75 Miller, M.H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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