Jones Property

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040150
MRDS ID M054832
MAS/MILS ID 530470282
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Property
Alternate or previous names Jones

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.1525, 48.52306 (WGS84)
Elevation 869
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.4 MI NORTHWEST OF SULLIVAN POND, Estimated Near Center N/2 Sec. 24

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lewis Butte(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035N 021E 24 N OF CENTER Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Rock Is Altered

Analytical data

Result SELECT SPECIMEN ASSAYED 0.2% HG, 0.56% CU, 0.16 OZ/TON AG, TR AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Newby Group
    Rock description Newby Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.1525, 48.52306

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconcully District; Winthrop Area

Land status

Ownership category State
Area name In Methow State Wildlife Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Washington Department Of Game
    Home office Washington

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 366.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 66.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Deposit DEEDED LAND. ; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit QTZ-CALCITE VEINS IN ALT. -FRACT. VOLC. R DISSEM. CU MIN> W/SOME CINNABAR. (from MAS 0530470282)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1991-03-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-12-03 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10180446
Reporter 1983-11-14 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530470282= 10180446

Beyond USGS

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