Nip and Tuck Gold Claim

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041592
MRDS ID M056695
Record type Site
Current site name Nip and Tuck Gold Claim
Related records 10277697

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.06839, 48.08455 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.7 MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HUNTER MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Methow(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030N 022E 22 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Cooper Mountain Batholith
    Rock description Cooper Mountain Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Methow Gneiss
    Rock description Methow Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.06839, 48.08455

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Gneiss And Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Methow Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Mclean
    Home office Okanogan, Wash.
    First year 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO INFORMATION GIVEN ABOUT DEPOSIT. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Deposit RECORD AS OF 12/91 SEEMED TO BE A COMBINATION OF TWO RECORDS. INFORMATION RETAINED IS FOR NIP AND TUCK PROSPECT DISCUSSED IN REFERENCES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-75 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-82 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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