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Mountain Boy

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041596
MRDS ID M056701
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Boy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.85142, 48.38012 (WGS84)
Elevation 1195
Relative position NW SLOPE OLD GLORY MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bald Knob(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
033N 031E 12 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • SEE CASTLE CK, SNOWSHOE, SUMMIT, THREE L'S

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 4-5 CARLOADS SHIPPED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG. $60/TON, PRESUMABLY AG, P

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Colville Batholith
    Rock description Colville Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Covada
    Rock description Covada
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.85142, 48.38012
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES ALONG SCHISTOSITY PLANES
    Length 9.14M
    Width 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZED QUARTZ LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Castle Creek Mining Co.
    First year 1918
    Last year 1922

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENSES 1/2-18 IN WIDE, 2 IN-30 FT LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert 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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