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Eagle Lease

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Molybdenum
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041635
MRDS ID M056777
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Lease
Related records 10204784

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.05005, 48.95262 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chesaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 030E 21 NW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Granite Is Altered

Analytical data

Result FEW CENTS-SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Buckhorn Mtn Pluton
    Rock description Buckhorn Mtn Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.05005, 48.95262
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS
    Width 0.15M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ALSO AU IN GRANITE NEAR VEINS, VEINS 1/2-6 IN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Myers Creek District; Chesaw Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner M. L. Pierce
    Home office Chesaw, Wa.
    First year 1938
  • Type Owner
    Owner Patrick Welch (Estate)

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND OLD OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WASH. DGER BULL 73, PLATE 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHALCEDONIC QTZ VEINLETS; ALSO IN COUNTRY ROCK.

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

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