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Oro Fino

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Platinum
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048492
MRDS ID MP00081
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Fino

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.51339, 48.89873 (WGS84)
Elevation 585
Relative position ABOUT 7 MI SOUTH OF CANADIAN BORDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullfrog Mountain(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 039N 026E 11 OR 12 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR PROSPECT SYMBOL AT NORTH END OF WANNCUT LAKE SHOWN ON TOPO MAP. OTHER MINES ARE LOCATED WEST OF LAKE AND THIS MAY BE ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES INSTEAD. HOWEVER, THEY ARE ON A STEEP HILLSIDE AND ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE PLACERS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.51339, 48.89873
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wannacut Lake

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING. M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 145, 281

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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