Silver Bluff Claim

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041670
MRDS ID M056829
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bluff Claim
Related records 10204432

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.6045, 48.5815 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riverside(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 036N 026E 31 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • $80,000 BEFORE END OF 1923

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 97-110 OZ AG/TON, 2.9-3.5% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.6045, 48.5815

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1990 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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