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Andy O'Neil Claims

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041548
MRDS ID M056632
Record type Site
Current site name Andy O'Neil Claims
Alternate or previous names Andy O
Related records 10301409

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.03197, 48.17012 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5 MILES WEST OF NESPELEM BY ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Armstrong Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chief Joseph(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 031N 030E 22 NE OF SW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TEST SHIPMENT PRIOR TO 1940

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Along Broken Surfaces A Thin Brown Oxide Skin

Analytical data

Result 30 OZ AG, 20% PB, $.75 AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Colville Batholith
    Rock description Colville Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.03197, 48.17012
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Faulting

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 50SW
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Veins At Or Near Granite-Qtzite Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS CONSTITUTE 25 % OF THE VEIN IN PLACES. NEAR THE RAISE CONNECTION FROM THE LOWER TUNNEL THE ORE IS FAULTED OFF BY A DIKE OF TERTIARY GRANITE PORPHYRY. ABOUT 70 FT FROM THE LOWER PORTAL A SECOND VEIN STRIKED N70W AND AVERAGES 14 IN IN WIDTH; THIS VEIN WAS NOT FOLLOWED EVEN THOUGH IT CONTAINS CONSIDERABLE MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nespelem District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Ostrowski
    First year 1939
    Last year 1941

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.007HA

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO LEVELS CONNECTED BY A 60 FT RAISE; THE UPPER LEVEL IS DRIVEN N70W FOR 70 FT; THE LOWER LEVEL IS DRIVEN N35E FOR 135 FT; ALSO SOME SHORT DRIFTS AND STOPS.

Comments on development

  • ADITS, RAISE, DRIFTS, AND STOPS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADJOINS ANCHOR CLAIM (RECORD NO. M056637).
Deposit FISSURE VEINS 1 TO 4 FT WIDE IN GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

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