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Palmer Summit Mine

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041615
MRDS ID M056739
Record type Site
Current site name Palmer Summit Mine
Alternate or previous names Grand Summit
Related records 10204332

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.60478, 48.84873 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enterprise(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
039N 026E 21 SW OF NE OF SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • BELIEVED SAME AS ALICE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • $1000 PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1897

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result $20 AU AVG. IN 50 TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Palmer Mtn. Greenstone
    Rock description Palmer Mtn. Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.60478, 48.84873
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NARROW, SPARSELY MINERALIZED VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmer Mtn.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dr. L. E. Eastman And F.C. Barber
    Home office Wenatchee, Wa.
    First year 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

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