Lancaster

Past Producer in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041205
MRDS ID M056165
Record type Site
Current site name Lancaster

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.53864, 48.90652 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position 3 MI NE OF CURLEW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Curlew(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
39N 34E 05 Washington

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result 28% CU, 12% PB, 13.4 OZ AG, .01 OZ AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.53864, 48.90652

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHIMNEYS
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CONTACT METAMORPHIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1929

Mining district

District name Danville

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALIC MINERALS, WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 37

  • Deposit

    PARKER, R. L., AND CALKINS, J. A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE CURLEW QUADRANGLE, FERRY CO., WASH., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1169

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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