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Hanford Prospect

Prospect 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10041595
MRDS ID M056700
Record type Site
Current site name Hanford Prospect
Related records 10277030

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.85781, 48.37095 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT .8 MILE ENE OF PARK CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Central Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sanpoil(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 033N 031E 12 NE OF NW OF SW OF NW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • SW SLOPE OF CASTLE MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE THAT SHOWED 30 % OR MORE GALENA YIELDED BY ASSAY: 25.9 % PB, TRACE OF AU, AND 20.48 OZS AG PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Covada Group
    Rock description Covada Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.85781, 48.37095
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN 2-3 FT WIDE
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH AND LENGTH.

Comments on development

  • INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 219.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 677, P. 96, PLATE VIII

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POROUS FE-STAINED QUARTZ.

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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