Friday Claims

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041646
MRDS ID M056796
Record type Site
Current site name Friday Claims
Alternate or previous names Tom Hal
Related records 10301422

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.98867, 48.08177 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES NW OF PATEROS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pateros(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Methow(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 030N 023E 20 SW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • $5000 PRE-1897, CARLOAD IN 1940

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: 10 TONS SELECTED ORE YIELDED $70 PER TON PRIOR TO 1902.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Methow Gneiss
    Rock description Methow Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Methow Gneiss
    Rock description Methow Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.98867, 48.08177

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Squaw Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. J. Sullivan
    Home office Pateros, Wa.
    First year 1942

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Probably About 0.56 Oz Au And 1.3 Oz Ag Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 37g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 16g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • 110 FT CROSSCUT, 100 FT WINZE, 240 FT OF DRIFTS.

Comments on development

  • CROSSCUT, WINZE, AND DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 139

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 CLAIMS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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