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Bonanza

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodity Copper
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041499
MRDS ID M056561
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza
Related records 10132110

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.85475, 48.47456 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bald Knob(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 034N 031E 01 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN STRAWBERRY MTN AND SWAN BUTTE BY SANPOIL RI VER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Seams Are Fe Stained And In Places Washed With The Green Stain Of Copper Carbonate.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.85475, 48.47456
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Outcrop Cut By Vertical N40w Shear Planes.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N30W
    Dip STEEPLY SW
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN BROAD ZONES THAT TREND GENERALLY N15W THE ARGILL ITE AND SCHIST HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY SILICA & RE TRAVERSED BY IRREGULAR VEINS OF WHITE QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • UNKNOWN DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 63

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ARGILLITE AND SCHIST CUT BY IRREGULAR QTZ VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

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