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Tom Burke

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040155
MRDS ID M054838
Record type Site
Current site name Tom Burke

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.70528, 47.43 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ESTIMATED LOCATION GIVEN IS ABOUT 2.4 MI WEST NORTHWEST OF BLEWETT CAMP, Estimated On Adit Symbol On E Edge Sec. 4 North Of Negro Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blewett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wenatchee(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 Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022N 017E Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ALL COORDINATES GIVEN ARE BASED ON ESTIMATED LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 179
USGS model code 27c
Deposit model name Silica-carbonate Hg

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.70528, 47.43
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION IN LITERATURE. ESTIMATED LOCATION FALLS WITHIN INGALLS COMPLEX, WHICH MAY BE REASONABLE IN LIGHT OF VELMA PROSPECT ALSO BEING IN THE COMPLEX

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blewett District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name In Wenatchee National Forest

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 INFROMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 367.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 263.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., WAITT, R.B., JR., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., AND BENTLEY, R.D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1311, SCALE 1:100,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-04-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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