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Little Chief

Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Antimony, Gold
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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. 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 10009044
MRDS ID D001677
Record type Site
Current site name Little Chief
Alternate or previous names Double Header, Grand Coulee

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.08447, 48.24984 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES SW OF NESPELEM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Armstrong Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chief Joseph(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 030E 35 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stephanite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE SHIPPED TO SMELTER IN 1911-1912 ASSAYED: 0.09 TO 0.31 OZ. AU, 77.7 TO 590.59 OZ. AG
Result ANOTHER ASSAY SHOWED 4% CU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.08447, 48.24984
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PROD GREATER THAN $10,000 BY 1921; PROD 1937

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

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

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