Chicago Prospect

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041617
MRDS ID M056742
Record type Site
Current site name Chicago Prospect
Related records 10252869

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.52367, 48.86206 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 6 MILES NE OF LOOMIS.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N 026E 23 SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR RAINBOW LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Analytical data

Result $64 AU, 16.40 AG, $3.60 PB (1897)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Anarchist Group
    Rock description Anarchist Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.52367, 48.86206

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEVERAL VEINS
    Width 21.95M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAFIC ROCKS INTRUDED INTO KOBAU GREENSCHIST FACIES. ; GEOL.DESC: SEVERAL VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wannacut Lake District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 137.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 82-83, PLATES 1-2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references