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Blue Lake Mine

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041508
MRDS ID M056576
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Lake Mine
Related records 10301429

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.70923, 48.68705 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 10 MILES NORTH OF CONCONCULLY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Goat Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(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 037N 025E 21 SW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • BY BLUE LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION 5,000 TONS 1901

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $3 TO 11 AU, 3 TO 49% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Loup Loup Granodiorite
    Rock description Loup Loup Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.70923, 48.68705
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEVERAL STRINGERS
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconcully District; Blue Lake Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Blue Lake Gold And Copper Mining, Smelting, 8 Power Co.
    First year 1902
    Last year 1908

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT ADIT.

Comments on development

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QTZ VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

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