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Empire Claims

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041624
MRDS ID M056755
Record type Site
Current site name Empire Claims
Alternate or previous names Lakeview, Palmer Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.58089, 48.91484 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 6.7 MILES NNE OF LOOMIS.

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 040N 026E 32 SE OF SW OF SW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • SW SLOPE BULLFROG MTN; 1.75 MILES EAST OF BM 1170, WHICH IS BY LOOMIS RD AT NORTH END OF PALMER LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result $18 AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Bullfrog Mtn
    Rock description Bullfrog Mtn
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form 1-3 1/2' THICK
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 35 NE
    Width 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmer Mtn District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Messrs. Hall And George Pascall
    First year 1892

Comments on the workings information

  • 10 FT SHAFT; 30 FT SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 69, 138

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 2-3.5 FT THICK, AT N60W, 35NE; 3 FT THICK AT PORTAL; WIDENS LOCALLY TO 7 FT; THINS ON STRIKE TO 1 FT, 30 FT TO EAST IN MASSIVE SILTSTONE.
Deposit SEVERAL CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Lawson, William A. Cevarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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