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Contention Claim

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041614
MRDS ID M056737
Record type Site
Current site name Contention Claim
Related records 10277210

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.5345, 48.88206 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position ABOUT 0.6 MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF RAINBOW LAKE; ELEVATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullfrog Mountain(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 039N 026E 22,27 SE CORNER (22); NE CORNER (27) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • CADASTRAL LOCATION IS CORRECT. LAT/LONG GROSSLY ESTIMATED FROM TOPO MAP. UTM COORDINATES NOT VERIFIED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.5345, 48.88206
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault On East Edge Of Claim.

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLY CONGLOMERATE BEARING GRAYWACKE OR SLATE (PHYLLITE, MORE THAN LIKELY)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wannacut Lake District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 28.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT. CLAIM COVERS ABOUT 20 ACRES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 137.

  • Deposit

    RINEHART, C.D., AND FOX, K.F., JR., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LOOMIS QUADRNAGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 64, P. 82-83, PLATES 1-2.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 INTERSECTING CROSS-CUTTING VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey CHANGED LATITUDE TO BE IN WASHINGTON
Editor 12-JUN-1995 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Mccoy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey

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