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Buck Mountain Claim

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041674
MRDS ID M056838
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Mountain Claim
Alternate or previous names Buckhorn
Related records 10180426

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.82506, 48.40539 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MILES SW OF BUCK MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buck Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(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

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 034N 024E 33 NE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1 SHIPMENT OF SILVER ORE REPORTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mesozoic granitic rocks, undivided
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN 2 IN TO 3 FT, SCATTERED GRAINS
    Strike N 30-45 W
    Dip 60-70 SW
    Length 152.4M
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SPARSELY MINERALIZED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Loup Loup Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gulf Mineral Resources Co.
    Home office Suite 575, 100 W. Grove St., Reno, Nv. 89509
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kenneth Mosby
    Home office Brewster, Wa.
    First year 1954

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, SHAFT, AND TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • SHAFT, TRENCHES, AND ADITS; EXPLORATION IN 1977-79.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 344.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DGER IC 69, P. 10

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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