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Wolframite Tungsten Claims

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Tungsten, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Bismuth, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042396
MRDS ID M060164
Record type Site
Current site name Wolframite Tungsten Claims
Alternate or previous names Hatfield, Ferris R. Ford, Border Lord, Boundary Group, Wolframite Mountain, Last Chance Claim
Related records 10056046, 10253155

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.13313, 48.97677 (WGS84)
Elevation 2118
Relative position 35 MI NORTH OF WINTHROP, ABOUT 1.5 MI SOUTH OF CANADIAN BORDER. ABOUT 0.7 MI NORTH OF TUNGSTEN LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Remmel Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(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

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Pasayten Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 022E 07,08,18 SE4 (07) OF S2 (08) OF SE4 (18) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. TUNGSTEN CREEK AREA NEAR HEAD OF CREEK. STAATZ AND OTHERS DESCRIBED LAST CHANCE CLAIM SEPARATELY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rock Is Hydrothermally Altered; Silicification Of Vein Walls And Kaolinization Of Orthoclase To 2 Ft From The Vein Wall.

Analytical data

Result COMPOSITE HIGH-GRADE GRAB SAMPLE YIELDED 0.34% WO3, 0.10% ZN, 0.03% CU, TR PB, 0.85 OZ/TON AG, (NO AU). OTHER ANALYTICAL DATA IS GIVEN IN STAATZ AND OTHERS.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Cathedral Batholith
    Rock description Cathedral Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.13313, 48.97677
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Small Normal Faults Of Small Displacements Offset Veins. Joint System (Ne Strike, 10-15nw Dip).

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN, STOCKWORK
    Strike N3-20E, NW
    Dip 10-20NW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Are Parallel To A Prominant Joint Set

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Discoverer International Boundary Commission
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Gold Hill Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Pasayten Wilderness In Okanogan National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. B. Mcpherson, F. L. Monohan, E. L. Bracket, Henry Dammann
    First year 1963
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dr. L. S. Dewey
    Home office Okanogan, Wa.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME DISCREPANCY IN PRODUCTION FIGURES AMONG THE VARIOUS REFERENCES

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ESTIMATED AT LAST CHANCE CLAIM ARE 170,000-220,000 TONS AT 0.8 OZ/TON AG, O.8% WO3.
  • THE COST OF MINING AND MILLING THE ORE IS ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN 5 TIMES CONTAINED VALUE. NO MINABLE RESERVES ARE IN SIGHT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.368HA
    Length 487.68M
    Overall length 213.36M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST OF WORKINGS ARE IN SEC. 7: 5 ADITS, 3 OPEN CUTS. IN SEC. 8 THERE ARE 4 ADITS, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • 10 TON MILL AND SEVERALL BUILDINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., WEIS, P.L., TABOR, R.W., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., PATTEE, E.C., AND HOLT D.C., 1971, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PASAYTEN WILDERNESS AREA, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1325, P. 91-97.

  • Deposit

    CULVER, H.E., AND BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, P. 36-41.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 344, 346.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 286.

  • Deposit

    1965 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES-BULLETI

  • Production

    HUNTTING, P. 346

  • Reserve-Resource

    USGS BULL. 1325, P. 97

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AS MANY AS 5 WHITE TO CLEAR, MASSIVE AND VUGGY QUARTZ VEINS PARALLEL TO JOINTS IN COUNTRY ROCK. TUNGSTEN MINERALS WIDELY SCATTERED IN VEIN; MUCH OF EXPOSED VEIN APPEARS BARREN.
Deposit 22 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit MRDS RECORD US53006 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1991 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

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