Chief Sunshine

Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, Antimony
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009036
MRDS ID D001666
Record type Site
Current site name Chief Sunshine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.75117, 48.58316 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5 MILES FROM CONCONULLY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conconully West(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

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 036N 024E 35 Washington

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Analytical data

Result FROM ONE ASSAY: 94.90 OZ AG, 15 TO 16% PB, 8.8% ZN, 3.5 TO 4.5% CU, 0.035 OZ AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.75117, 48.58316

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SPORADIC SHIPMENTS IN 1940, 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAT. & LONG. ARE GENERAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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