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Carr Claims

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10041549
MRDS ID M056634
Record type Site
Current site name Carr Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.53284, 48.89845 (WGS84)
Elevation 1469
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES WNW OF NESPELEM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullfrog Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 030E 16 SW OF NE OF SE OF SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON SUMMIT AND EAST SLOPE OF MINERAL HILL. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized Granite

Analytical data

Result 2% CU, 0.21 OZ AU, AND 0.26 OZ AG PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Billy Goat Mtn Volcanics
    Rock description Billy Goat Mtn Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.53284, 48.89845
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS
    Strike N60W
    Dip SW
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE ZONE IS CUT AND ITS CONTINUITY INTERRUPTED BY SEVERAL LARGE DIKES OF GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY. THE DIKES ARE NOT ALTERED OR MINERALIZED AND EVIDENTLY BEAR NO GENETIC RELATION TO THE ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Methow District; Billy Goat Mtn. Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. J. Adams, M. M. Moore, And Frank O'Shea
    First year 1965

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PRINCIPAL UNDERGROUND WORKING IS A TUNNEL DRIVEN 300 FT ON A NORTHWESTERLY COARSE FROM A POINT ABOUT 200 FT BELOW THE SUMMIT. CROSSCUTS THAT AGGREGATE 100 FT OR MORE HAVE BEEN MADE AT SEVERAL POINTS ALONG THE COARSE OF THE TUNNEL. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE SEVERAL SMALL SHAFTS AND PITS NEARBY.

Comments on development

  • ADITS, CROSSCUTS, SMALL SHAFTS, AND PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 303.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 1325, P. 113-114, PLATES 1-2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCATTERED BUNCHES OF GALENA-RICH ORE IN QUARTZ VEINLETS BANDED WITH PYRITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Mccoy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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