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Homestake Claim

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  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 10041589
MRDS ID M056690
Record type Site
Current site name Homestake Claim
Related records 10277079

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.75284, 48.569 (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 E2 OF SW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 400 TONS BEFORE 1902; 100 TONS OF WHICH NETTED $1500

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 18-56 OZ AG/TON, 32-36% PB, TRACE-2 OZ AU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.75284, 48.569
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 22 W
    Dip 30 SW
    Width 3.35M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconcully District; Conconcully-Salmon Creek Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Salmon River Mining And Smelting Co.
    First year 1902
    Last year 1915

Production statistics

  • Year 1902
    Period To 1902
    Material ORE PB AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^100 Tons Netted $1500.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 74.98M
    Overall depth 8.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • 29 FT SHAFT AND 175 FT ADIT, WITH A 42 FT CROSSCUT.

Comments on development

  • SHAFT, ADIT, AND CROSSCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 220.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG IC 49, P. 8, 28

  • Production

    WASH. DMG IC 49, P. 28

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATENTED CLAIM

Reporter information

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

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