Salmon River

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041527
MRDS ID M056605
Record type Site
Current site name Salmon River
Related records 10277454

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.75339, 48.57789 (WGS84)
Elevation 975

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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036N 025E 31 Washington

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TR TO 4 OZ AU, 36 TO 83 OZ AG, 6% TO 20% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.75339, 48.57789

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Paystreaks 12-18 In Wide

Ore body information

  • General form 4 VEINS
    Strike N 35 W
    Dip 35 SW
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Mccoy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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