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Prize Mine

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. 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. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041583
MRDS ID M056683
Record type Site
Current site name Prize Mine
Alternate or previous names Lakeview
Related records 10204637

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.63784, 48.93206 (WGS84)
Elevation 931

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nighthawk(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
040N 025E 25 CENTER OF NW OF NE OF SE OF SW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1906, 1913

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Kobau
    Rock description Kobau
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.63784, 48.93206
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Attitude Of Vein Varies

Ore body information

  • General form LOWER PART BANDED
    Strike N 75-85 E
    Dip 60-45 SE
    Width 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SOME BRECCIATED VEIN QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 1/2-2 1/2' THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1984 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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