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Mountain Boy

Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Antimony, Silver
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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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009047
MRDS ID D001682
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Boy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.87778, 48.37611 (WGS84)
Relative position Website mindat.org is the source for the lat/long. Mindat.org says the mine is located on Castle Mountain. First reporter said ON NW SLOPE OF OLD GLORY MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Strawberry Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sanpoil(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 033N 031E 12 NW 1/4 or the NW 1/4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • Original NAD27 lat/long 48-25N 118-50W plotted in Ferry county. The political location in the record is said to be Okanogan county. Mindat.org has much information for this site but it look like it was all copied from MRDS. Both the mindat.org PLSS coordinates (NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 section 12, T33N-R31E) and lat/long coordinates (48?22'34"N , 118?52'40"W) plot in Okanogan county. However, they disagree by 1100m. The location description is said to be on Castle Mountain. Geonames has no entry for Mountain Boy in Okanagan county, and the only entry for Castle Mountain is in Pierce county, many miles away. No geonames entry for Park City district in Washington. However, MRDS shows 4 other records in Park City district, Okanogan county, WA, all lat/longs are in the same vicinity. The mindat.org lat/long was substituted for the original coordinates, but should be checked against the plss location in the references.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.87778, 48.37611
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park City District

Comments on the workings information

  • Developments include 4 adits, 2 in ore, 1 is 155' long.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 06-JUN-2008 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long-county disagreement.

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

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