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Okanogan Belle

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  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 10041526
MRDS ID M056603
Record type Site
Current site name Okanogan Belle
Related records 10131876, 10277063

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.75395, 48.58705 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conconully West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Okanogan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Colville 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 Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
036N 025E 30 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHERN EXTENSION OF THE EVENING STAR CLAIM (RECORD NO. M056596).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 10% PB, 92-95 OZ AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Similkeen Batholith
    Rock description Similkeen Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.75395, 48.58705
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Length 3.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • On Or Along Granite-Schist Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • EXTENSIVE EXPOSURES OF HORNBLENDE-MICA SCHIST, LIMESTONE, AND QUARTZITE OCCUR IN THE AREA. THESE FORMATIONS WERE DISRUPTED BY THE SIMILKEEN INTRUSION AND CAN BE SEEN AS NUMEROUS INCLUSIONS FROZEN IN THE GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconcully District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. S. Hines
    Home office Tacoma, Wa.
    First year 1892

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.017HA
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 3.96M

Comments on development

  • 150 FT CROSSCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 307.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DGER BULL. 23, P. 246-249

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CLOSELY FOLLOWS MARGIN OF THE PLUNGING CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE AND OLDER SCHISTOSE ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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