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King Solomon Mine

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041608
MRDS ID M056723
Record type Site
Current site name King Solomon Mine
Related records 10252817

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.63451, 48.95095 (WGS84)
Elevation 927
Relative position ABOUT 9.2 MILES NORTH OF LOOMIS.

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)

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 040N 025E 24 NE OF SW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Kobau
    Rock description Kobau
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.63451, 48.95095
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BANDED, VUGGY VEIN
    Strike N 5 E
    Dip 50 W
    Width 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WALL ROCK THINLY LAMINATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nighthawk District

Comments on the workings information

  • 30-40 FT INCLINED SHAFT; AN ADIT 50 FT LOWER.

Comments on development

  • SHAFT AND ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 92-93, PLATES 1-2

  • Production

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 220

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BANDED VUGGY QUARTZ VEIN.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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