Windiate-Auberton Prospect

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041673
MRDS ID M056837
Record type Site
Current site name Windiate-Auberton Prospect
Related records 10252625

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.16587, 48.47345 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crawfish Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sanpoil(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034N 029E 03 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result LESS THAN .5% W STREAK-270

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.16587, 48.47345

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SPARSELY SCATTERED
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 6.1M
  • General form SPARSELY SCATTERED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • At Limestone/Quartz Monzonite Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN TACTITE ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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